All Real Assets articles in September 2007 (Online)
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Pension funds show distressed debt interest
UNITED STATES – US pension funds are considering placing real estate capital into debt strategies on the back of recent market turbulence.
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US pension fund capital flows to Europe
UNITED STATES - A significant amount of pension fund capital in the United States is still moving towards Europe as California State Teachers Retirement System and Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association made new investments.
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Thomas Properties goes green
UNITED STATES - Thomas Properties Group has formed its first green investment fund as pension funds are now turning their attentions to sustainable real estate investments.
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New Jersey tries on separates
UNITED STATES - The New Jersey Division of Investment is shifting into the use of real estate separate accounts and has hired General Motors Investment Management for a $150m (€106.4m) equity mandate.
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RREEF expects US cap rates to climb
UNITED STATES – RREEF has predicted cap rates on the purchase of existing US properties will rise by 50 basis points by the end of 2007.
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Ex-army ‘new town’ set for sale
UK - The UK government is to sell off decommissioned land earmarked for the development of a new town in southeast England.
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INREV data 'will make fees more transparent'
EUROPE - New guidelines have been published which are expected to increase the transparency of management fees for private property funds.
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IPD reveals global property outshone Europe
GLOBAL - Global real estate performed well last year, according to IPD figures published, delivering returns only slightly down on their 2005 peak.
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UK hotel buy bucks prime trend
UK - Deutsche Bank real estate subsidiary RREEF has bucked a trend towards international prime hotel acquisition by acquiring the Four Pillars Hotel Group, which has five mid-sector assets in Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire.
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US pension funds buy opportunity
UNITED STATES - Pension funds in the United States are investing more capital into commingled funds with opportunistic investment strategies.
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Berkshire trades direct property for fund
UK - The £1.4bn (€2.1bn) Berkshire pension fund has made a £15m investment into BlackRock's UK property fund.
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Pension funds fuel urban investment trend
UNITED STATES - Pension funds in the United States are putting more capital into an urban investment strategy on the back of young professionals’ demand.
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LACERA to fund account through real estate sale
UNITED STATES - Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association has approved an annual real estate investment plan for 2007/2008 which will see property worth $700m sold and as much as $900m (€648m) invested through a domestic separate account strategy.
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Land investment is the new real estate
UNITED STATES - Real estate managers are investing in land as a new specialist investment strategy.
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CalSTRS extends senior housing exposure
UNITED STATES - California State Teachers Retirement System has expanded an existing joint venture with California-based Vintage Senior Advisors and invested more money in its senior housing venture.
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Sustainability to split real estate pricing - DTZ
EUROPE – Real estate manager DTZ is predicting Europe will eventually develop into a two-tier property market which prices less energy-efficient real estate at a discount.
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F&C property trust to decide whether to quit
UK - Negative investor sentiment towards UK property has driven the F&C Commercial Property trust to convene an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) to decide on its own future.
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REITs ‘waiting for long-term investors’
UK - Critics of the poor performance of UK REITs since their launch in January are failing to understand they’re a long-term investment, according to Dave Butler, programme coordinator at UK-based campaigning group REITA.
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Pension funds to bankroll public projects
GLOBAL - Governments will compete to harness private sector infrastructure investment over the next decade, according to a report published by Ernst & Young.
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Investors turn to active management
EUROPE - Investors will increasingly opt for active management as “indiscriminate yield compression” in Europe ends, according to Aberdeen Property Investors.
