All Real Assets articles in September 2008 (Online) – Page 2
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NewsIllinois State Universities begins fresh real estate searches
UNITED STATES - State Universities Retirement System of Illinois has approved new manager searches for real estate and infrastructure, in a bid to achieve higher returns than available in equities and bonds.
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NewsLACERA plans fiduciaries search
UNITED STATES - Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association has approved a search to hire up to eight independent fiduciaries to work with the pension fund in assessing co-investment real estate opportunities.
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NewsLos Angeles City nears commitment to debt fund
UNITED STATES - Los Angeles City Employees’ Retirement System is getting close to making a $25m (€17.6m) commitment to the ING Clarion Debt Opportunity Fund III.
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NewsUS funds 'wait and see' over Lehman bankruptcy
UNITED STATES - Several pension funds in the United States have yet to make any decisions about the activity it will now take regarding previous commitments made to Lehman Brothers-sponsored commingled real estate funds, after the firm today announced it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
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NewsABP extends hotel holdings in key European cities
EUROPE - Europe’s second-largest pension scheme ABP, the Netherland’s huge €215bn public service fund, has expanded its European real estate portfolio with the purchase of six hotels in Paris, Amsterdam and Düsseldorf.
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NewsJones Lang LaSalle reshuffles directors
UNITED STATES - US-based property investment and consultants group Jones Lang LaSalle is reshuffling its senior board in a bid to reinforce its global presence and strategy for expansion.
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NewsSchroders expands Nordic team
SCANDINAVIA - Schroder Property, the real estate arm of London-based €164.4bn Schroders, has further strengthened its presence in Scandinavia with the appointment of Ubbe Strihagen as director of business development for the Nordic region.
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NewsPropinvest seals largest ever European property deal
SPAIN - London-based real estate investment and management specialist Propinvest has acquired the global headquarters of Spanish banking giant Banco Santander, for €1.9bn – the largest ever European real estate deal.
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NewsAvalonBay falls short of capital raising goal
UNITED STATES - AvalonBay Communities has raised $333m (€234.2m) of equity for its latest commingled fund, AvalonBay Value Added Fund II – but this is short of the $500m goal established early in the process.
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NewsCalSTRS expands real estate debt investments
UNITED STATES - California State Teachers Retirement System is in the process of increasing its efforts investing capital into real estate debt, having just invested $500m (€354.5m) in that arena.
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NewsKansas PERS moves into senior housing
UNITED STATES - Kansas Public Employees Retirement System has expanded its real estate strategy into senior housing by making a $35m (€24.6m) commitment to AEW Senior Housing Investors LP.
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NewsOrange County considers opportunistic allocations
UNITED STATES - Orange County Employees Retirement System has approved a plan to explore the idea of creating a separate allocation for opportunistic or innovative investments.
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NewsPramerica sees capital waiting on the sidelines
UNITED STATES - Pramerica Real Estate Investors have found a huge sum of investible capital is currently sitting on the sidelines in the United States, as investors are unsure whether now is a good time to invest given market conditions.
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NewsLehman spins off real estate after $3.9bn loss
GLOBAL – Investment banking giant Lehman Bros is separating its commercial real estate business as a new listed entity and selling a majority stake in its investment management division after yet more writedowns generated a third-quarter net loss of $3.9bn (€2.76bn).
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NewsValuers need to employ more tools
GLOBAL - Valuers will in future have to use more data sources in arriving at their market estimates, but was just one of the points raised at this year’s IPD Real World Conference held at the University of Cambridge this week.
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NewsCorio to widen emerging markets presence
NETHERLANDS - Property investor and manager Corio is looking to increase its 6% allocation in emerging markets real estate to 20%, in a bid to maximise the differentials between emerging and mature markets.
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NewsAXA REIM steps up Asian presence
ASIA - AXA Real Estate Investment Managers (AXA REIM), the global property arm of French financial services group AXA, has opened an Asian headquarters in Singapore as the springboard for moves into India and Japan.
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NewsInvista sees 5-yr German potential
GERMANY - The developed countries in Europe continue to offer the best real estate investment opportunities but Germany is perhaps still the best investment even with current pressures, according to London-based Invista Real Estate Investment Management.
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NewsEmerging market real estate indices launched
GLOBAL – The European Public Real Estate Association (EPRA) and National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT) are extending its joint venture with the FTSE Group to develop a series FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Real Estate indices also covering the emerging markets.
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NewsPatrizia signs research heavyweight
GERMANY - Augsburg-based real estate investment specialists, Patrizia, has appointed Marcus Cieleback as head of research.
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