All articles by Richard Lowe – Page 76
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German pension fund to invest €400m in Europe through iii-Investments
GERMANY – iii-Investments has been chosen to manage a new €400m closed-end pan-European real estate fund for a German pension fund.
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AREF creates investor committee to be chaired by Nick Cooper
UK – Nick Cooper, principal of The Townsend Group, is to chair a new investor committee set up by the Association of Real Estate Funds (AREF).
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Hermes' Evans joins IPD for global expansion
UK – Alasdair Evans is leaving Hermes Real Estate, where he was chief operating officer, to join Investment Property Databank (IPD) as group finance director.
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UK roundup: Greater Manchester Pension Fund, GVA Grimley, British Property Federation, Oaktree
UK – The UK government has rejected proposals to help attract institutional investment in residential property despite growing interest in the sector.
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ING REIM bets on Americas for high returns
GLOBAL – ING Real Estate Investment Management (ING REIM) has predicted that the highest unleveraged returns from commercial real estate over the next five years will come from markets in the Americas.
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INREV: Investors re-shaping fund management industry
EUROPE – The non-listed real estate fund industry in Europe is collectively paying the price for the use of excessive leverage by a minority of fund managers, according to a report by the European Association for Investors in Non-listed Real Estate Vehicles (INREV).
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Invesco fund shows German appetite for UK property remains strong
EUROPE – Invesco Real Estate has raised €75m from four German institutional investors, enabling it to make a first closing for its latest UK real estate fund.
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Allianz plans to double real estate portfolio to €30bn
GERMANY – Allianz Real Estate is aiming to sell €1bn in small and secondary assets in Germany within 18 months as part of its ongoing project to double its portfolio to €30bn.
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MagazineBusting the dam
Investors on both sides of the Atlantic have begun to allocate new equity to real estate. But will capital flows over the next 12 months continue to be a trickle, or will investors finally open the floodgates? Richard Lowe investigates
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From Birmingham to Brazil
The West Midlands Pension Fund has expanded its global portfolio fairly aggressively in recent years and learned some invaluable lessons along the way. Investment manager Mike Hardwick speaks to Richard Lowe about transparency and keeping faith with the commingled fund model
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Under construction
TRUST Managers’ task of rebuilding trust among investor clients is still a work in progress. Those that do not heed the warning will not be able to raise capital. Richard Lowe reports
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Monday people roundup
GLOBAL – Schroders, ING Real Estate Investment Management, ING Investment Management, Matrix
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Moving target
At the very start of the downturn, Andrew Thornton joined forces with Jos Short to set up an opportunity fund. He talks to Richard Lowe about how a change in strategy led to Internos managing €1.5bn in European assets in just under two years
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Unlisted fund market surging in Asia, says ANREV
GLOBAL – ANREV, the association for the Asian real estate funds industry, has estimated the aggregated gross asset value (GAV) of Asian non-listed funds has reached $130bn (€101bn).
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Multi-manager ING RE Select to deploy €500m in US, Asia
GLOBAL – European institutional investors have committed close to €500m this year to US and Asian real estate through ING Real Estate's multi-manager investment business.
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MGPA's opportunity fund targets €200m of German retail
GERMANY – MGPA's European opportunistic real estate fund has acquired 140 ALDI SÜD stores in Germany as it seeks to deploy close to €200m of capital in the country's retail sector over the next six months.
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INREV's Carpenter to build up Asia-Pacific cooperation
GLOBAL – The European Association for Investors in Non-listed Real Estate Vehicles (INREV) has sent its former acting chief executive Andrea Carpenter to work with its counterpart in the Asia Pacific region, ANREV, on a temporary basis.
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Portfolio deals on the rise as ING sells Canadian industrial fund
GLOBAL – Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo), which manages more than CA$70bn (€51.6bn) for Alberta pension schemes, is to acquire a 50% stake in the CA$2bn ING Summit Fund.
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Blurring the lines
Are investment consultants trying to take on fund of funds managers at their own game? Richard Lowe explores what is becoming an increasingly confusing space for investors
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Åström, Otterud join forces to found Custor Capital
GLOBAL – Real estate fund-of-funds pioneers Anders Åström and Tomas Otterud have teamed up with former AP1 CIO Bo Ljunglöf to establish an independent investment firm targeting institutional investors.
