Real Estate – Page 66
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NBIM appoints real estate manager
[16:27 CEST 22/05] NORWAY – Paul Golding is joining Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) to prepare what appears to be the bank's first foray into international real estate to invest assets of the NOK1.88trn (€230bn) Norwegian Government Pension Fund – Global.
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IPE-QUEST: Norwegian insurer in real estate search
[10:57 CEST 18/05] NORWAY – A Norwegian insurance company is looking for managers for a real estate portfolio in excess of $40m (€14.8m) using IPE-QUEST.
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Strathclyde seeks property valuer
[17:06 CEST 11/05] UK – The £9.6bn (€14.1bn) The Strathclyde pension fund for Glasgow County Council is looking for a new independent property portfolio valuer.
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Warwickshire makes foray into alternatives
[17:03 CEST 11/05] UK – Warwickshire County Council pension fund has awarded three mandates which allow the £1bn (€1.4bn) fund to invest in the alternatives market.
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DekaBank opens Vienna office
[17:02 CEST 11/05] AUSTRIA – German asset manager DekaBank is opening an office in Vienna targeting pension funds in Austria and Eastern Europe.
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PGGM contracts new €54m headquarters
[17:01 CEST] NETHERLANDS – The €83bn Dutch pension fund PGGM has commissioned construction firm Ballast Nedam to build its new €54m headquarters.
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French pension fund tax benefits at stake
FRANCE – Ségolène Royal, the Socialist candidate for the French presidency, is threatening – if elected to power – to remove tax benefits from pension funds which speculate in real estate rather than in companies perceived to be creating jobs.
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Edinburgh re-appoints State Street
UK – Edinburgh Council has renewed State Street Global Advisors' contract for a £113m (€180m) Scottish Homes pension fund mandate.
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Butchers asked to chop property portfolio
NETHERLANDS – The Dutch €1.1bn industrywide butchers’ pension fund has clashed with pension regulator De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) over demands to cut the scheme’s real estate holdings.
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Wednesday people roundup
GLOBAL – Mercer, ABN Amro AM, Invesco, Henderson, Santander AM, BGI, F&C, KAS Bank, ING Real Estate, oekom research.
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Regulators probe Dutch institutional real estate
NETHERLANDS – Dutch regulators are probing institutional investors’ real estate investment activities to detect corruption.
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NPRF taps JP Morgan for private equity admin
IRELAND – The €18.8bn National Pension Reserve Fund (NPRF) in Ireland has chosen JP Morgan to provide it with accounting and administrative services for its property and private equity investments.
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West Sussex reviews real estate
REAL ESTATE – The £1.5bn (€2.2bn) West Sussex County Council Pension Fund is reviewing its property mandate with Cushman & Wakefield Investors due to contract expiry.
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PGGM backs giant real estate merger
REAL ESTATE – Dutch healthcare pension fund PGGM has backed a proposed €11bn merger between Dutch real estate fund group Rodamco Europe and French developer Unibail.
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ABP, ATP in €700m German real estate tie
REAL ESTATE – Dutch and Danish pension giants ABP and ATP have teamed up with German real estate firm Patrizia Immobilien to launch a joint venture that will invest up to €700m in German commercial real estate.
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Irish reserve fund’s real estate chief departs
IRELAND – Ian Gleeson, head of property at Ireland’s €18.8bn National Pensions Reserve Fund, is to join Morley Fund Management.
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Managers criticised in German study
GERMANY – Property fund manager Oppenheim Immobilien KAG (OIK), bond specialist Pimco and Axa Investment Managers have elicited the most criticism in a new survey of German institutional investors.
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Blue Sky’s Satumalaij to join Bouwfonds
NETHERLANDS - Blue Sky Group real estate fund manager Raymond Satumalaij is to join fund manager Bouwfonds in May.
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Shetlands appoints equity, property managers
UK - The Shetland Islands local authority has appointed asset manager GMO to manage an £80m (€118m) specialist global equity mandate for its miscellaneous fund.
