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German funds to offload €18bn in real estate assets – report
GERMANY – Report predicts open-ended funds will be forced to sell off commercial property assets.
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EDHEC, Natixis launch research chair on infrastructure debt
EUROPE – Partnership aims to explore risk/return characteristics, diversification benefits.
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Irish Life sells 17% stake in NAMAIL to UK-based Walbrook
IRELAND – Deal allows Irish government to remove risky-loan vehicle from books.
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Insurance model to open riskier CEE markets to pension funds
GLOBAL – First non-US insurer to offer Lloyds-backed title insurance across European markets.
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UK pension funds should 'shun' commercial property for alternatives
UK – Expert at IPD alternatives conference says investors should target 'population' opportunities.
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Separate account pension funds at mercy of 'idiot' property operators
EUROPE – Alternatives manager warns schemes lacking nous to identify credible partners.
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Virginia Retirement invests $200m into apartment JV
NORTH AMERICA – Pritzker to identify new development opportunities for scheme.
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German roundup: Bayern LB, GBW, Union Investment, Japan-Spezialfonds, Secinvest
GERMANY – Regional bank Bayern LB kicks off bidding process for real estate division GBW.
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Brussels should allow DC pensions to invest in 'illiquid' funds – AREF
EUROPE – Association urges EC to keep illiquid real estate funds open to retail investors.
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AnalysisViews: Blue-sky thinking on infrastructure investment
Few investors understand asset class's risk/return profile, says IPD's Mark Weedon.
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Investors target UK industrial despite no income growth, risks
UK – Investors targeting UK multi-let assets in search for inflation-adjusted returns.
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US roundup: Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System, Clarion
NORTH AMERICA – Tennessee Consolidated OKs $30m investment in Parmenter Realty Fund IV.
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Aviva UK senior debt fund to target low-risk investors
UK – Fund to be project with insurer's loan-originating commercial finance operation.
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AnalysisNews analysis: Are alternatives now the mainstream?
Shayla Walmsley explores the surge of investor interest in so-called alternative assets.
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AXA REIM to launch €1.5bn alternatives platform
EUROPE – Plans to grow alternative assets under management from €740m to €1.5bn by 2015.
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CalPERS 'cannot compete' with cheap finance on infrastructure
NORTH AMERICA – Pension fund agreed last September to invest $800m in California infrastructure.
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Pramerica Real Estate Investors raises $805m for US debt fund
NORTH AMERICA – Investors include pension funds, SWFs in Asia, Middle East and US.
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More UK schemes sign up to Pensions Infrastructure Platform
UK – Four more pension funds become founding members of scheme developed by PPF, NAPF.
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Dutch schemes would consider securitised mortgages – APG
NETHERLANDS – CIO recommends creation of national bank offering mortgages with government guarantee.
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New Jersey OKs $350m separate account for real estate
NORTH AMERICA – Account for New Jersey Division of Investment to be managed by TPG.
