Top Stories – Page 953
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Tobin tax to 'dry up' secondary market, academic warns
GLOBAL – ICMA's Richard Comotto warns of impact of Europe's proposed financial transaction tax.
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Feri, US Treuhand enter joint venture targeting US real estate
GLOBAL – Venture to develop funds for 'professional semi-professional' investors.
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CPPIB expands into Tokyo office market with GE Capital joint venture
GLOBAL – Pension fund to hold 49% stake in $400m Tokyo Office Venture.
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Contra Costa earmarks $240m for real estate investment
NORTH AMERICA – Pension fund allocates lion's share of capital to distressed.
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Germany roundup: Pradera, Henderson, IVG, Patrizia
GERMANY – Pradera has converted an open-ended real estate fund into a Spezialfonds.
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US roundup: LACERA, Heitman, Clarion, Stockbridge, SFERS, Berkshire
UNITED STATES – LACERA awards $600m to three separate account managers.
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Foreign investment in Germany back to 2004 levels
GERMANY – Corestate buys €290m mixed-use portfolio as Deutsche Hypo releases market figures.
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Oregon PERF approves $400m commitment to Lone Star Fund
NORTH AMERICA – Board votes to increase allocation to Lone Star Fund VIII by $100m.
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CPPIB acquires stake in Birmingham's Bullring
GLOBAL – Canadian pension fund now owns €1.4bn worth of retail property assets in UK.
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NAPF infrastructure fund tenders management mandate
UK – Expressions of interest in Pensions Infrastructure Platform to be solicited from mid-May.
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AnalysisLiquidity to 'push' core property investors to Sweden, Poland
EUROPE – Liquidity as significant as which markets to target, according to DTZ report.
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Washington State earmarks another $250m for real estate
NORTH AMERICA – Pension fund to invest in real estate operating companies via Calzada.
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OECD warns pension funds against 'excessive' reliance on ratings agencies
GLOBAL – Think tank backs active shareholder approach.
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PKA invests DKK500m in emerging market infrastructure private equity
DENMARK – Danish pension fund to increase infrastructure investment by 170%.
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PGGM, Inland America forge $600m retail real estate JV in US
GLOBAL – Dutch manager earmarks $130m of equity for venture in two separate commitments.
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Ireland's NAMA offloads Irish loan portfolio to Starwood
IRELAND – Sale will see establishment of joint venture, with NAMA owning a 20% stake.
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Inflation hedge more limited than investors think – Fidelity
EUROPE – Real estate hedge works only when inflation is 'broadly under control'.
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Norwegian oil fund struggling to meet 5% real estate allocation
NORWAY – Fund gradually building 'capacity and competence' required for asset class.
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Syntrus Achmea cites growing interest in residential mortgages
NETHERLANDS – Dutch government looking into national body to issue state-backed mortgages.
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Invesco to invest in Western apartments for CalPERS
NORTH AMERICA – Pension fund awards asset manager initial allocation of $250m.
