All Real Assets articles in September 2007 (Online) – Page 2

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San Bernardino eyes structured finance over Asia

2007-09-17T13:00:00Z

UNITED STATES - San Bernardino County Employees’ Retirement Association has expanded its real estate investment program to the Asian markets for the first time by investing $40m (€28.9m) in two commingled funds but is now turning attention to the structured finance sector.
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Investment managers supply industrial property access

2007-09-17T12:45:00Z

UNITED STATES - Real estate managers looking after major US pension funds' assets are still seeking large industrial deals to accommodate the local pensions market.
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Montana State grows international focus

2007-09-17T12:30:00Z

UNITED STATES - Montana State Board of Investment has increased its exposure to international real estate with committing capital to two new commingled funds.
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Sacramento County eyes REITs and value-added

2007-09-14T13:00:00Z

UNITED STATES - Sacramento County Employees Retirement System is expected to discuss two additional real estate investment strategies at its board meeting in October which could see the fund invest a further $125m (€90.6m).
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CalPERS approves infrastructure pilot program

2007-09-14T11:00:00Z

UNITED STATES - California Public Employees Retirement System has approved a pilot program to invest up to $1.5bn (€1.44bn) in infrastructure on a global basis.
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Irish pension fund sells retail stores

2007-09-12T16:45:00Z

IRELAND – The Irish Property Unit Trust is selling some of its retail investments in Cork and Limerick, as well as an office block in Dublin, to finance its stake in a new Cork retail property project.
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McGuire swaps Edinburgh for London

2007-09-11T17:45:00Z

UK – AXA Real Estate Investment Managers has persuaded Standard Life Investment’s Martin McGuire to leave his property remit at the life office and head up one of its core-plus propositions.
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Pension funds give euro focus to Goodman

2007-09-11T17:00:00Z

EUROPE – Asset management firm Goodman Property Investors has picked up a series of new European real estate mandates from pension funds in recent months, the latest of which is from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK).
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Slack debt deals undermine 'safe' infrastructure - S&P

2007-09-10T16:30:00Z

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.
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Futures present for listed property

2007-09-10T16:00:00Z

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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Finland remains 'Nordic property capital'

2007-09-10T16:00:00Z

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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Canada pension fund targets Kiwi airport

2007-09-10T15:30:00Z

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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Lothian pension tenders its real estate

2007-09-10T15:00:00Z

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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US pensions follow Mexican residential trail

2007-09-10T13:00:00Z

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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ECP to extend retail centres

2007-09-10T12:30:00Z

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 Colony seeks infrastructure with Challenger

2007-09-10T12:00:00Z

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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Pension funds approach target allocations

2007-09-10T11:30:00Z

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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Indiana State seeks overseas opportunities

2007-09-10T11:00:00Z

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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UK schemes wake up to residential

2007-09-03T17:00:00Z

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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Corio to divest office and industrial portfolios

2007-09-03T17:00:00Z

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.