All Real Assets articles in August 2010 (Online) 鈥� Page 2
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UK pension fund offloads estate after falling floors undermine asset
UK 鈥� The Coal Mineworkers Pension Fund has sold an industrial estate in Poole, Dorset, for 拢3m (鈧�3.6m) after the floors of the 16-unit asset started sinking.
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Pension schemes shifting toward city centres, says Cushman & Wakefield
EUROPE 鈥� European pension schemes are diverting their retail exposure away from shopping centres toward city-centre high streets in search of higher yields generated by active management.
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CEE transactions up, driven by prime retail
EUROPE 鈥� Liquidity for larger deals has improved due to greater activity from cross-border investors, according to a CBRE report on European retail.
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LaSalle KAG to tap mid-sized pension funds
GERMANY 鈥� The new German capital investment fund (KAG) announced by LaSalle Investment Management last week will tap small and medium-sized pension schemes struggling to adapt to globalisation.
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Polish pension property reform 'would not eliminate risk'
POLAND 鈥� Asset managers would be unlikely to take on Polish pension funds' property portfolios even if domestic reforms were to lift restrictions on them investing in alternatives, according to Dariusz St谩nko, a specialist at the Warsaw School of Economics.
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NYSTRS makes $50m allocation to Cornerstone fund
GLOBAL 鈥� The $72.5bn (鈧�52bn) New York State Teachers鈥� Retirement System (NYSTRS) has approved a $50m commitment to the Cornerstone Patriot Fund, a commingled fund managed by Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers.
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Rockspring completes multiple Spanish sale and leaseback deals
SPAIN 鈥� Rockspring Property Investment Managers has completed a 鈧�45m sale and leaseback deal in Spain on behalf of an unnamed UK pension fund.
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Thursday people roundup
GLOBAL 鈥� Norges Bank Investment Management, Legal & General Property, Invista Real Estate Investment Management, CB Richard Ellis Investors, Redevco
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Louisiana Teachers to invest as much as $150m in real estate
GLOBAL 鈥� The Teachers鈥� Retirement System of Louisiana is planning on making $100m-150m (鈧�78m-116m)) worth of commitments to opportunity funds in real estate over the next 12 months.
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Rockspring completes first continental deal for Korea's NPS
GLOBAL 鈥� The National Pension Service (NPS) of Korea, the fifth-largest pension fund in the world, has acquired a 51% stake in the O'Parinor Shopping Centre in Paris for 鈧�223m.
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New index rates London City offices 'hottest' CRE market
GLOBAL 鈥� A new commercial property index launched in London this week found London City offices to be the world's most attractive commercial real estate market, underpriced by 11.6%.
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APG to increase weighting to Asian markets
GLOBAL 鈥� APG, which manages the assets of the largest Dutch pension fund ABP, said it plans to increase its Asian real estate exposure by 鈧�1bn within the next five years.
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BA Pensions teams up with Columbus on City office buy
UK 鈥� The British Airways Pension Fund has entered into a 50/50 joint venture with the Columbus UK Real Estate Fund to acquire London City office Austin Friars House for 拢25m (鈧�30.6m).
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Direct markets 'caught up with' listed sector in 2009, says Cohen & Steers
GLOBAL 鈥� The historical six-month time lag between direct and listed real estate markets was more than halved in some countries in 2009, according to Cohen & Steers.
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Pramerica to take on UBS ground lease fund
UK 鈥� Pramerica Real Estate Investors will take over from UBS Global Asset Management as investment adviser for the UBS Secure Income Property fund.
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Medicx fund highlights growing investor interest in healthcare
UK 鈥� A healthcare fund run by specialist investor and developer Medicx has raised 拢45m (鈧�55.1m) in capital from a number of institutional investors, the National Grid UK Pension Scheme, the Merseyside Pension Fund, Henderson Global Investors and Prudential.
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Norway Global excludes companies for breaching Geneva Convention
EUROPE 鈥� The NOK2.8trn (鈧�352bn) Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) is planning to exclude two Israeli companies and one Malaysian company, worth a combined NOK15m, from its investment universe.
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Nebraska puts $63m into core commingled funds
GLOBAL 鈥� The Nebraska Investment Council (NIC) has approved $63m (鈧�49.6m) worth of real estate commitments into core open-ended commingled funds.
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LACERA earmarks $350m for real estate investment
GLOBAL 鈥� The Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association (LACERA) has approved its real estate investment plan for the 2010-11 fiscal year, provisionally earmarking $350m (鈧�277m) for investment.
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US real estate emerges from downturn, but investors still unsure
US 鈥� Capital value movements have returned to positive territory in the US after two and a half years of write-downs, but economic doubts are preventing a rush of capital from investors, according to Investment Property Databank (IPD).
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