All articles by Richard Lowe – Page 77
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Mexico's Afores commits €231m to industrial strategy
MEXICO – The Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones (Afores), which manages Mexico's private pension fund system, has continued to increase its exposure to alternatives by committing capital to an industrial real estate fund.
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CPPIB, Future Fund recapitalise Australian shopping centre fund
GLOBAL – Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and Australia's Future Fund have helped recapitalise a flagship Australia shopping centre fund by agreeing to invest A$750m (€524m) between them.
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US real estate emerges from downturn, but investors still unsure
US – Capital value movements have returned to positive territory in the US after two and a half years of write-downs, but economic doubts are preventing a rush of capital from investors, according to Investment Property Databank (IPD).
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Medicx fund highlights growing investor interest in healthcare
UK – A healthcare fund run by specialist investor and developer Medicx has raised £45m (€55.1m) in capital from a number of institutional investors, the National Grid UK Pension Scheme, the Merseyside Pension Fund, Henderson Global Investors and Prudential.
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Pramerica to take on UBS ground lease fund
UK – Pramerica Real Estate Investors will take over from UBS Global Asset Management as investment adviser for the UBS Secure Income Property fund.
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Direct markets 'caught up with' listed sector in 2009, says Cohen & Steers
GLOBAL – The historical six-month time lag between direct and listed real estate markets was more than halved in some countries in 2009, according to Cohen & Steers.
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BA Pensions teams up with Columbus on City office buy
UK – The British Airways Pension Fund has entered into a 50/50 joint venture with the Columbus UK Real Estate Fund to acquire London City office Austin Friars House for £25m (€30.6m).
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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.
