All Real Assets articles in September 2008 (Online) – Page 3

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    ING Clarion raises $200m for development fund

    2008-09-25T18:10:00Z

    UNITED STATES - ING Clarion Partners has signed $202m through the capital raising on its latest commingled fund, Clarion Development Ventures III, following support from seven institutional investors, including New York State Teachers Retirement System.

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    Ohio School Employees moves into Asia

    2008-09-25T18:11:00Z

    UNITED STATES - The School Employees Retirement System of Ohio has approved a commitment of $50m (€34.2m) in the Carlyle Asia Real Estate Partners II commingled fund.

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    New Jersey considers fresh investment

    2008-09-25T18:13:00Z

    UNITED STATES - New Jersey Division of Investment maybe investing as much as an additional $15m (€10.2m) of capital into the Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund VII Global commingled fund.

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    Washington State agrees $1.15bn investment

    2008-09-25T18:15:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Washington State Investment Board has made three commitments in real estate and the tangible asset classes amounting to $1.15bn (€782m).

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    Three out of four funds stand firm to real estate

    2008-09-25T18:17:00Z

    UK – Three-quarters of UK pension funds are either maintaining or increasing their current level of exposure to real estate despite the recent turmoil in their domestic commercial property market.

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    Germany steps in protect Hypo’s funds behind the funds

    2008-09-29T16:32:00Z

    GERMANY – A consortium of German banks has stepped in at the eleventh hour to provide Hypo Real Estate, a provider of loans and financing to real estate purchases and funds, with assets to meet its financing obligations.

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    CalPERS appoints infrastructure manager

    2008-09-29T16:47:00Z

    UNITED STATES - California Public Employees Retirement System has hired Randall Mullan as its senior portfolio manager for infrastructure investments.

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    Russia to be avoided, warns JP Morgan

    2008-09-29T16:52:00Z

    RUSSIA - Investors should avoid Russia as a potential area of growth as its property markets will be the hardest hit if the world’s largest country is drawn to the impending global recession, JP Morgan Chase has claimed.

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    Union seeks growth through Axa CEO

    2008-09-29T17:02:00Z

    GERMANY - Hamburg-based investment management firm Union Investment Real Estate (Union) has appointed Karl-Joseph Hermanns-Engel to its management board with specific responsibility for the €14bn firm’s international asset management operations.

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    Felix turns off the road and into Aviva

    2008-09-29T17:35:00Z

    UNITED STATES – Steve Felix, well-known in the pensions and institutional real estate market, is leaving his full-time writing behind and joining Aviva Investors to become head of marketing for its North American real estate multi-manager products.