All articles by Richard Lowe – Page 82
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Morgan Stanley launches secondaries fund
GLOBAL – Morgan Stanley has launched the first real estate fund of funds vehicle dedicated specifically to acquiring secondary interests in existing funds.
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INREV predicts UK institutional investors to tap real estate growth
UK – The total volume of capital invested in real estate by UK institutional investors is set to grow by 20% over the next three years as pension funds increase their allocations to the asset class and move out of underweight positions, according to new a survey.
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British Steel pension moves into music store
UK – The British Steel Pension Fund has acquired an HMV music store in Manchester from a private investor for £18.9m (€21.14m) and plans to make further acquisitions over the next 18 months.
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Inflation worries bring closer scrutiny of Asian real estate
ASIA-PACIFIC – There is a growing concern over the prospect of inflation rising too quickly in the main economies of Asia, but Aberdeen Property Investors believes the respective authorities have sought to tackle the issue pre-emptively and in a positive manner.
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German pension funds find a way to tap core US real estate
US/GERMANY – Invesco Real Estate has raised $120m (€87m) from four German institutional investors to invest in core US real estate.
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Asian investors eye real estate fund-of-funds
ASIA-PACIFIC – Franklin Templeton Real Estate Advisors (FTREA) has identified a new generation of local real estate managers in Asia Pacific, which the fund of funds manager is currently assessing for its second vehicle targeting the region.
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Low carbon property fund to target 'high-quality tenants'
UK – A new 'low carbon' real estate fund is being planned to refurbish 50 properties in the UK into high specification energy efficient space and offer it to tenants at ‘market prices’.
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Standard Life snaps up Tesco 'eco' sale-and-leaseback
UK – Standard Life Investments has acquired a Tesco Extra Supermarket in Shrewsbury for its £1.85bn (€2.04bn) Pooled Property Pension Fund.
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Columbus changes pension funds' course for value-added real estate
UK – Schroders has raised capital from pension funds for a new value-added real estate fund, bucking the trend for core investment strategies that have predominated over the past two years.
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Proceed with caution
Pension funds are finding buying opportunities in short supply at the moment, but are content to wait and watch for the right properties. Richard Lowe reports
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Raising awareness
The development of property derivatives and institutional investment in residential property are key interests of Peter Pereira Gray. These are just two of his prime concerns in his role as chairman of the Investment Property Forum. He talks to Richard Lowe
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Pre-MIPIM talk is of interest in banks’ real estate books
EUROPE – The hot topic at this year’s MIPIM event in Cannes is going to be how banks manage and offload the real estate assets on their books, panellists concluded during IPE Real Estate’s inaugural webinar.
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Hamborner resurrects German listed real estate with Reit move
GERMANY – Hamborner has become the third real estate company in Germany to convert to a real estate investment trust (REIT) status, prompting speculation that the country’s REIT may finally start to grow.
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CBRE launch breaks into DC pensions
UK – CB Richard Ellis Investors has launched its first property fund aimed at the defined contribution (DC) pension sector.
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Hewitt advises pensions funds to consider UK real estate
UK – Hewitt Associates is focusing on domestic real estate for its UK pension fund clients following two years of volatility and poor performance in geared overseas funds.
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MagazinePower to the pension funds
Institutions find themselves in a commanding position when it comes to taking a lead in the development of sustainable property investment. Richard Lowe investigates
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German property redemptions could carry two-year waiting period
GERMANY – Investors in German open-ended real estate funds will have to abide by a two-year holding period before redeeming their shares, if government plans come to fruition.
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Pension funds outperformed with property investments
UK – Pension funds outperformed the International Property Databank’s (IPD) benchmark of 3% for all participating UK funds in 2009, because they owned prime property and bought largely ahead of the market rally in the second half of the year.
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Danish pension funds take on sustainable office development
DENMARK - Danish pension funds PensionDanmark and Lægernes Pensionskasse, and Swedish financial group Nordea Life have purchased a sustainable office development in Denmark through a joint venture.
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Aegon AM launches fund targeting smaller properties
UK – AEGON Asset Management is the latest fund management group to launch a fund targeting smaller real estate assets in the UK, as the market for prime property becomes increasingly competitive.
