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San Diego City to boost non-core real estate exposure
GLOBAL – The San Diego City Employees' Retirement System is set to increase its non-core exposure to real estate by $60m (€44.6m) over the next few years.
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Savills highlights opportunity in Brussels leasing market
BRUSSELS – Investors should target Belgian real estate investments with three to five-year lease maturities, according to Savills.
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UK posts double-digit returns, Japan continues to fall – IPD
GLOBAL – The commercial real estate market in the UK recorded the strongest returns for four years in 2010, while the market in Japan continues to suffer after two and half years of falling capital values, according to the latest data from Investment Property Databank (IPD).
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Thursday people roundup
GLOBAL – Corestate, Valad, Invista, Grosvenor Fund Management, Hammerson, Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers, Colliers International, Ernst & Young, Treveria, Invesco Real Estate
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Global real estate investment surges by more than 50%
GLOBAL – Global real estate investment activity recovered to pre-crisis levels at the end of last year, and Europe and the US have seen the strongest rebounds, according to the latest figures.
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Maine PERS board approves $75m commitment to debt fund
GLOBAL – The Maine Public Employees Retirement System has agreed to commit $75m (€56.4m) for the H/2 Credit Partners LP.
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Invesco boosts real estate assets with AIG deal
ASIA – Invesco Real Estate has taken over AIG Real Estate's Asian fund and asset management business, with around €2.7bn in assets under management and 60 employees.
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Monday people roundup
GLOBAL – LaSalle Investment Management, Union Investment, Activum, IC Immobilien Holding, Land Securities, Citycon
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ING REIM confirms sale talks, CBRE tipped as front-runner
GLOBAL – ING Real Estate Investment Management has confirmed it is in discussions with "several parties" on a possible sale of parts of its business after media reports claimed CBRE was the front-runner in the bidding process.
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ING Clarion buys mixed use property in New York City
GLOBAL – ING Clarion Partners has bought the 90,000 square foot 636 Avenue of the Americas in New York City in a deal worth $42.5m (€32m).
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Finland's Varma to scale back domestic real estate investment
FINLAND – Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company is expected to slow its domestic real estate investment programme in 2011, following two years of intense activity, citing rising vacancies and an influx of foreign investors.
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German roundup: AXA IM, infrastructure, Fleischhauer, Hoyer & Partner
GERMANY – Out of Germany's 156 institutional investors, Pensionskassen were the only ones to identify direct real estate holdings as more risky than indirect investments in a survey commissioned by AXA Investment Managers.
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Thursday people roundup
GLOBAL – Bouwfonds Real Estate Investment Management, Patrizia Immobilien, Savills, Knight Frank Investors
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SPMS awards Aviva Investors €350m property mandate
GLOBAL – The €5.5bn occupation pension fund for Dutch medical consultants (SPMS) has appointed UK firm Aviva Investors as manager of its unlisted property.
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PE fundraisers 'optimistic' for 2011 after a tough 12 months
GLOBAL – The private equity-style real estate funds sector continues to struggle to raise capital from investors, as the latest study from Preqin shows that only 89 funds reached a close in 2010, raising $35.8bn (€27.2bn) in the process.
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Arbuthnot UK real estate team enters JV with AEW Europe
UK – The UK real estate team of Arbuthnot Real Estate Investment Management (ArbreIM) has left the company to form a new joint venture business with AEW Europe.
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Harrison Street expands into the REIT management business
GLOBAL – Harrison Street Real Estate Capital has moved into the REIT management business with the acquisition of Transwestern Securities Management, the REIT subsidiary of the real estate investment firm Transwestern Investment.
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CalSTRS enters $1bn industrial joint venture with Panattoni
GLOBAL – The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) has entered into a joint venture with the Panattoni Development Company to invest $1.15bn (€874m) in industrial and commercial real estate in the US and Canada.
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AREA buys nine-property apartment portfolio in Texas
GLOBAL – AREA Property Partners has acquired a multi-family portfolio in Texas totaling nine properties and 2,589 units for an undisclosed sum.
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Transaction-linked index a 'gift' for asset allocation, says Mercer
EUROPE – The transaction-linked index (TLI) being developed by IPD, which combines market valuations with traded prices, will be a "gift" when devising asset allocations for pension funds, according to Mercer.
