Real Estate – Page 73
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Diversity at a price
Unlisted, multi-manager products are being strongly marketed to smaller investors seeking diversified exposure to real estate. But what about investors’ concerns on liquidity and the extra layer of fees? Rachel Fixsen reports
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Market report: Spanish property funds look to east Europe for new opportunities
Spanish pension funds have only fractionally increased their allocations to real estate over the last decade but Spanish property funds have enjoyed a boom and are now looking at eastern Europe as residential property prices cool off in Spain.
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Waking up to real estate
Hungarian pension funds currently have just 1.15% of their managed assets in real estate. But change is afoot, as Marianna Lukács explains
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Local view: tough nut to crack for US pension funds
The New York City investment market remains an arena that many of the large pension funds want to invest in, but have some difficulty finding the deals. One of the main reasons for this is the market attracts just about every capital source known to mankind. This includes pension funds, ...
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Logistics: choose carefully
Exponential growth is forecast for Asia’s logistics sectors but investors must do their homework, says Margaret Ng
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Boom or bubble?
Investor interest in the Spanish market is increasing fast as it continues to exhibit healthy growth. But investors must temper their bullishness with some caution as Gail Moss explains
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Hewitt’s Duff attacks real estate managers
REAL ESTATE - Most real estate fund managers aren’t fit for purpose, according to Nick Duff, real estate partner at Hewitt Associates. [This story first appeared on IPERealEstate.com.]
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Norway state fund rejects real estate before 2007
REAL ESTATE - The Norwegian finance ministry says moving into real estate “just isn’t a priority” for the Government Pension Fund, despite reports of an imminent 8-10% allocation.
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Henderson buys infrastructure firm Laing
UK – Henderson has had a £886.9m (€1.3bn) offer to buy infrastructure and construction firm John Laing accepted.
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USS in central Europe real estate move
EUROPE – The £26bn (€38.5bn) Universities Superannuation Scheme, the pension fund for university staff, has made a move to increase it central European real estate holdings.
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ATP planning US real estate investment
DENMARK – The DKK371.5bn (€50bn) Danish supplementary pension scheme ATP is looking at real estate investments in the US.
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Warwickshire to put 10% into alternatives
UK - Warwickshire County Council has tendered for up to £100m (€148m) in real estate and fund of hedge funds for the £1bn Warwickshire Pension Fund.
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German institutions eye structured, private equity
GERMANY – Pension funds and insurers are planning more investment in alternatives this year and next, but will only award mandates for structured products and private equity, according to a new survey by German consultant Heissmann.
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NPRF invests €44m in property fund
IRELAND – Ireland’s National Pensions Reserve Fund is to invest £30m (€44m) in specialist property fund The Mall as part of its €135m commitment to real estate.
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Exciting long-term development scenario
Real estate in Turkey has usually been a popular, solid, long term, and, therefore, attractive investment option. The high inflationary environment encouraged investments in real estate, with a perception of housing investments not only as accommodation, but also as a means to protect net worth from erosion
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Van Lanschot targets institutions with Kempen bid
NETHERLANDS – Dutch private bank Van Lanschot is looking to increase its institutional reach with a €300m takeover bid for independent Dutch merchant bank Kempen.
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IPE-QUEST: Swiss foundation tenders real estate
REAL ESTATE – A Swiss investment foundation has tendered $100m+ (€78m) in global passively managed publicly traded real estate via IPE-Quest.
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Diversification at a price
Nick Tyrrell of JP Morgan explains a research model which challenges the assumptions of investors who choose to go cross-border
