Real Estate – Page 39
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NewsDanish schemes welcome report supporting infrastructure PPPs
DENMARK – Pension fund PKA 'ready to invest billions' in suitable projects.
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NewsPGGM calls for top brass at GSW Immobilien to step down
NETHERLANDS – Describes real estate company's appointment process as 'unacceptable'.
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Swiss schemes cut bonds, abandon securities lending
SWITZERLAND – Schemes ‘rethinking’ temporary lending of securities over risk concerns.
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USS, Borealis in £5bn bid for UK utility company
GLOBAL – One of UK’s largest pension funds teams up with Canadian scheme to acquire Severn Trent.
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NewsIMF warns Dutch pension funds against mortgage investments
NETHERLANDS – Says pension funds should not be incentivised to alter asset allocation.
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NewsInternational investors return to German real estate market
GERMANY – Corestate buys €290m mixed-use portfolio as Deutsche Hypo releases market figures.
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NewsDanish FSA censures pension funds for overvalued property
DENMARK – Pension fund for engineers instructed to cut real estate valuations last month.
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NewsNAPF infrastructure fund tenders management mandate
UK – Expressions of interest in Pensions Infrastructure Platform to be solicited from mid-May.
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NewsPGGM, 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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NewsIreland'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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Danish roundup: PKA, Actis, Danica Pension, Symphogen
EUROPE – PKA invests DKK500m in emerging market infrastructure private equity fund.
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NewsNorwegian oil fund struggling to meet 5% real estate allocation
NORWAY – Fund gradually building 'capacity and competence' required for asset class.
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NewsSyntrus Achmea cites growing interest in residential mortgages
NETHERLANDS – Dutch government looking into national body to issue state-backed mortgages.
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NewsPGGM to participate in Irish road project through BAM JV
EUROPE – Dutch asset manager expects to be involved in project for at least 25 years.
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NewsEuropean fund tenders $20m Asia-Pacific real estate mandate
GLOBAL – IPE-Quest search seeks managers overseeing regional core strategies.
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Dutch roundup: Pharmacists, Bouwinvest
NETHERLANDS – Pharmacist Pension Committee calls for BPOA board to resign.
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NewsIslington fund calls on LGPS to consider residential investment
UK – Fund, which recently committed £20m to residential, praises economic impact of investment.
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NewsIrish pension industry should consider infrastructure fund, OECD says
IRELAND – Report suggests country's industry emulate Australia's Industry Funds Management.
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NewsABP settles with Goldman Sachs over residential mortgage-backed securities
GLOBAL – To date, scheme has reached settlements with Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan Chase and Countrywide.
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NewsLobbyists fight plans to define German REITs as funds
GERMANY – EPRA, ZIA criticise BaFin proposals to bring G-REITs under AIFMD regime.
