All articles by Shayla Walmsley – Page 54
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BBC’s industrial sale not indicating strategy shift
REAL ESTATE - The BBC’s pension fund in the UK has denied that last week’s sale of 60,000 square foot of real estate on a northeast English industrial estate reflected a tactical move away from industrial as an asset sub-class.
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UBS replaces O’Keefe by Marcuse hire
REAL ESTATE - UBS has appointed AXA Real Estate Investment Managers CEO Paul Marcuse to head its asset management arm’s global real estate business. Marcuse, who will also join the asset management firm’s executive committee, replaces Jam...
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Three pensions players join forces in Finnish fund
REAL ESTATE - Ilmarinen, the €21.6bn multi-employer pension scheme in Finland, has joined with Dutch pension fund ABP and Denmark’s €49.6bn ATP fund in a Finnish property fund set up specifically for them by Aberdeen. The three ...
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Mainland European commercial ‘in sweet spot’
REAL ESTATE - Domestic demand will drive out-performance from mainland European commercial property, according to a report published last week by fund manager Seven Dials. Continued macroeconomic growth, low reliance on US trade and strong labour...
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ABP-backed developer builds tallest high-rise for students
REAL ESTATE - UK student accommodation developer UNITE has secured planning permission for the £35m(€53m) second phase of the world’s tallest student accommodation block. The firm, which is 4% owned by Dutch pension fund ABP, will bu...
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Kodak-backed Halladale posts results 8% up
REAL ESTATE - Halladale, the Scottish real estate firm backed by the Kodak pension fund, posted interim pre-tax profits of £4.12m(€6.4m) – an 8% increase over 2005. The results, covering the six months to the end of October 2006...
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Tyneside fund hires Colliers for property portfolio
UK - South Tyneside Council pension fund has hired Colliers CRE to provide quarterly valuation services for its £375m (€567m) property portfolio. Colliers replaces incumbent Lambert Smith Hampton after winning a tender first announced last...
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US institutions: over-liquid and over here
REAL ESTATE - CalPERS’ investment in European real estate will spur other US pension funds to invest in European office and retail, according to Henderson Global Investors. "If the logic has been accepted by CalPERS, it will be accept...
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UK green-belt residential gets gov't okay
REAL ESTATE - A campaign to scupper the construction of a satellite town in England’s greenbelt has slated landowner the BP Pension Fund as "secretive" and "unresponsive". The remarks, made by Nigel Clarke of the St...
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HVB sells real estate non-performing loans
REAL ESTATE - Hypovereinsbank (HVB) has sold a third portfolio of non-performing real estate loans to Goldman Sachs for an undisclosed price. The portfolio, which the German bank sold by competitive auction, comprises loans in the lowest risk cla...
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Clarion creates new US hospitality unit
REAL ESTATE - Clarion Partners figures to become a major player in the investment of hotels with its creation of a new investment unit, The ING Clarion Hospitality Group. This was established to take over responsibility of the real estate manager...
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Cofinimmo to sell property after losing gov't contract
REAL ESTATE - Belgian real estate company Cofinimmo told IPE Real Estate that it would sell off some of its property after losing a portfolio of state-owned buildings to rival Befimmo. "After looking at recent price levels, we’re look...
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Italian REITs ‘set for slow start’ – Merrill
REAL ESTATE - Merrill Lynch last week gave a warm response to the Italian government’s decision to introduce REITs in July 2007, although it hinted that the REITs market would have a slower start than the UK and Germany. In a research note ...
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Eurocastle acquires €2.1bn Deutsche portfolio
REAL ESTATE - Eurocastle, the offshore real estate investment vehicle of US private equity firm Fortress, has acquired a 61-property German portfolio from DB Real Estate for €2.1bn. The firm will fund the deal via a combination of the procee...
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Shropshire fund moves out of UK property
REAL ESTATE - Shropshire County Council pension fund is seeking an investment manager for a £43m (€63.7m) pan-European real estate portfolio. The move reflects a wider trend for UK pension funds to move out of the domestic real estate ...
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Newham fund diverts into infrastructure
REAL ESTATE - The London Borough of Newham pension fund is to invest £30m (€45m) in infrastructure. The investment, which follows a strategic review and is the fund’s first in infrastructure, reflects a desire to influence the beta a...
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US, Dutch, Irish schemes buy in Stockholm
REAL ESTATE - Pramerica, Prudential's European investment management subsidiary, is to invest $65m in a venture to acquire Swedish residential on behalf of unnamed US institutional investors and Irish and Dutch pension funds. The firm said it wou...
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SEB offers Baltic portfolio to pension funds
REAL ESTATE - Swedish bank SEB is to sell off its Baltic real estate portfolio – probably to a pension fund – as part of its bid to get out of property. Anders Arozin, deputy head of SEB’s Eastern European banking operations, sa...
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Ontario Teachers take to the seas
REAL ESTATE - The Ontario Teachers Pension Plan has acquired four marine container terminals for US$2.4bn (€1.8bn). The acquisition, from Hong Kong’s Orient Overseas (International), comprises New York’s Staten Island, a terminal in...
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Ipswich council pitches regeneration project
REAL ESTATE - Ipswich local authority in eastern England is to seek pension fund investment in a regeneration project comprising retail, leisure and possibly residential real estate. The plans – which have yet to be approved by the council&...
