All articles by Richard Lowe – Page 76
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APG to increase weighting to Asian markets
GLOBAL – APG, which manages the assets of the largest Dutch pension fund ABP, said it plans to increase its Asian real estate exposure by €1bn within the next five years.
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Rockspring completes first continental deal for Korea's NPS
GLOBAL – The National Pension Service (NPS) of Korea, the fifth-largest pension fund in the world, has acquired a 51% stake in the O'Parinor Shopping Centre in Paris for €223m.
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Thursday people roundup
GLOBAL – Norges Bank Investment Management, Legal & General Property, Invista Real Estate Investment Management, CB Richard Ellis Investors, Redevco
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Rockspring completes multiple Spanish sale and leaseback deals
SPAIN – Rockspring Property Investment Managers has completed a €45m sale and leaseback deal in Spain on behalf of an unnamed UK pension fund.
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London (still) calling
The UK’s revival continues to gather pace as funds believe the potential value outweighs the potential challenges, while investor sentiment to Asia Pacific is beginning to improve. Richard Lowe reports
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Round the world ticket
Swiss pensions might be characterised as heavily focused on domestic real estate. But the 18 pension funds that own AFIAA have an exposure to a globally diversified direct portfolio. Richard Lowe speaks to CEO Hans Brauwers
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Back in play
Dutch pension funds pioneered international investment. Today they are emerging from a period of re-evaluation with sights set on firm goals for their RE portfolios. Richard Lowe investigates
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There’s no place like home
Faced with a desire for more control, Solvency II pressures and an attractive domestic office market, French investors are focusing on their home market. Richard Lowe investigates
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Pressure on allocations
Market volatility has threatened to end Belgian pension funds’ commitment to listed real estate. Investors are seeking non-listed exposure but the right investment solutions have yet to materialise. Richard Lowe reports
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Friend or foe?
Is the listed sector too volatile and correlated with equities to be included in a property portfolio, or should investors look to benefit from its liquidity and arbitrage opportunities? Richard Lowe spoke to pension funds, fund managers and advisers and found a divergence of views
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Man on a mission (several, in fact)
Philip Charls, CEO of the European Public Real Estate Association, is juggling a handful of challenges at the moment. As well as lobbying the EU over the potentially damaging consequences of the AIFM directive on the listed real estate sector, he is also building the investor outreach programme, where co-operation ...
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Growth in distressed sales begins to moderate
GLOBAL – The growth in distressed real estate transactions has slowed according to research from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
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AFIAA shuns London for Scottish investment
UK – AFIAA, the global property investor owned by 18 Swiss pension funds, has made its second acquisition in the UK, having bought a new mixed-use development in Edinburgh.
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London & Stamford to make REIT conversion
UK – AIM-listed real estate company London & Stamford Property (LSP) is seeking to convert to a real estate investment trust (REIT) and bring its external management team in-house.
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UK real estate recovery to stall, says IPD
UK – The rally in the UK real estate market appears to have run its course, according to latest figures from Investment Property Databank (IPD).
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Standard Life Investments makes pair of direct buys in Brazil
GLOBAL – Standard Life Investments (SLI) has built up its global fund's exposure to the Brazilian office sector with two direct acquisitions.
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Union Investment sells prime UK office building after 12 months
UK – Union Investment has sold a prime London City office building to Hammerson and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) after buying it only 12 months ago, netting more than £34m (€41m) in capital appreciation in the process.
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Spain's BBVA offloads second round of bank branches
EUROPE – Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) has offloaded a second tranche of property assets to the group of RREEF Europe, Area Property Partners and Europa Capital for €364m.
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European office fundamentals remain strong, says Jones Lang LaSalle
EUROPE – Take-up of office space in Europe increased marginally in the second quarter despite growing economic uncertainty over austerity measures and concerns surrounding sovereign debt, according to Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL).
