All Real Assets articles in September 2007 (Online)
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ABP to sell office fund KFN
NETHERLANDS - The €211bn civil service scheme ABP is considering selling at least part of its offices investment fund KFN, in order to further diversify its overall portfolio.
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CalPERS and MacFarlane bet big on the capitol
UNITED STATES - California Public Employees Retirement System and MacFarlane Partners have formed a venture which could build a real estate portfolio worth $10bn (€7.3bn) in the greater Washington DC region.
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EU institutions drive Brussels boost
BELGIUM - Brussels is the new Berlin, International Real Estate (IRE) indicated when it announced a sharper focus on value-added opportunities in Brussels real estate.
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Infrastructure to draw more pension capital - RREEF
UNITED STATES - More US pension fund investment capital is heading for infrastructure, according to a research report issued by RREEF.
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North Dakota State shifts core capital to value-added
UNITED STATES - North Dakota State Investment Board has decided to move a portion of its capital originally invested in core real estate and move it into the value-added real estate bucket.
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Carrefour to spin off property
FRANCE - French retailer Carrefour is to offer 20% of its €24bn property portfolio to “strategic institutional real estate partners” and other investors, including pension funds.
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Closed-end real estate feels UK pricing pressure
UK – Investment trust managers predict UK investors will increasingly turn to overseas real estate to seek diversification in a weakening domestic market.
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San Joaquin County considers real estate rise
UNITED STATES - San Joaquin County Employees’ Retirement Association is thinking of increasing its exposure to real estate to as much as a tenth of its assets.
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Corio to divest office and industrial portfolios
EUROPE - The €6bn property investment company Corio has decided to explore the divestment of a major part of its offices and industrial portfolios, and to further focus on its retail activities.
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UK schemes wake up to residential
UK - UK pension funds need to catch up with their continental counterparts and ditch outmoded perceptions of domestic residential, according to Quinton Hill-Lines, managing director of fund management at Grainger.
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Indiana State seeks overseas opportunities
UNITED STATES - Indiana State Teachers Retirement System will be looking at investing around $200m (€147m) into a new real estate strategy that will include international and opportunistic investments.
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Pension funds approach target allocations
UNITED STATES – Less new pensions capital is likely to be invested in real estate over the coming months as many US pension funds are now approaching their real estate allocations.
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US Colony seeks infrastructure with Challenger
UNITED STATES - Australian-based Challenger Financial Services Group Limited has formed a strategic relationship with Los Angeles-based Colony Capital to invest in real estate and infrastructure in the US, Europe and Asia.
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ECP to extend retail centres
EUROPE - The €2.2bn investor EuroCommercial Properties is increasingly focusing on extending its existing centres to improve its competitive position in a pressured property markets.
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US pensions follow Mexican residential trail
UNITED STATES - More pension fund capital is being ploughed into the Mexican real estate market and heading for retail and ‘single family home’ developments, according to property investment firm ING Clarion.
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Lothian pension tenders its real estate
UK – Lothian pension fund is reviewing its real estate investment manager and searching for a firm to handle the fund’s asset allocation.
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Canada pension fund targets Kiwi airport
CANADA - The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) is bidding for a 49% stake in the Auckland International Airport (AIAL) group, as part of a strategy to target long-term holdings in infrastructure assets.
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Finland remains 'Nordic property capital'
FINLAND - Finnish real estate still offers pension funds credible property investment opportunities despite the small size of the market, according to Aberdeen fund manager Pertti Verhanen.
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Futures present for listed property
FRANCE - Launch of two European futures contracts on the Paris derivatives market will give investors “cost-effective, simple and efficient” exposure to listed property, according to Liffe, Euronext’s London-based derivatives business.
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Slack debt deals undermine 'safe' infrastructure - S&P
GLOBAL - Infrastructure investors could find themselves saddled with underperforming assets and the banks that funded them with “paralysed” debt, according to a report published by ratings agency Standard & Poor’s.
