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Fortis forms car pool with Vinci
EUROPE - Insurer Fortis is in exclusive talks with French firm Vinci to pool the firms鈥� European carpark assets in a joint venture.
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FSP raises the ceiling on property
DENMARK- Finanssektorens Pensionskasse, the Danish pension scheme forfinancial sector workers, is adding a hefty slice of property exposureto the unit-linked scheme now used by all new members.
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K氓pan eyes more real estate after poor year
SWEDEN 鈥� The SEK32.7bn (鈧�3.5bn) K氓pan Pensioner scheme forgovernment employees booked a return of 2.1% for 2007, and now plans toincrease its real estate allocation to 10%.
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CalSTRS invests $100m in Nordic real estate
UNITED STATES - California State Teachers Retirement System has bolstered its international real estate portfolio with commitments to three new investment entities totalling nearly $252m (鈧�165.2m), including $100m in Nordic property.
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AP3 urges lifting of infrastructure limits
SWEDEN - Swedish buffer fund AP3 is stepping up its efforts to persuade the Swedish government to lift restrictions on pension fund investments in infrastructure.
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Swedish shoppers overtake industrials
SWEDEN - Swedish retail has overtaken office as the market鈥檚 best performing sector, according to the 2007 Swedish Annual Property Index.
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European property to slow despite pensions intervention
Investment in commercial property, having survived the 2007 credit crunch, will tail off in 2008 despite a liquidity injection from liquid investors, investment house Aberdeen has predicted.
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Doubt over debt deal could put BAA on block
SPAIN - Infrastructure firm Ferrovial has claimed it will go ahead with its 拢9bn (鈧�11.7bn) refinancing plans despite rumours suggesting Australian infrastructure investor Macquarie was circling the UK airports operator BAA.
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EC pursues UK and Belgium over EPC status
EUROPE 鈥� The Belgian and UK governments are being taken to task by the European Commission for their failure to implement EU requirements stating how energy performance in buildings is measured.
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Norway appoints Partners Group for real estate advice
NORWAY 鈥� The Norwegian Ministry of Finance has appointed PartnersGroup to provide real estate consultancy services to the NOK 2.1trn(鈧�265bn) Government Pension Fund - Global.
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New Jersey considers $350m for non-core
UNITED STATES - New Jersey Division of Investment is looking at placing $350m (鈧�232m) into non-core real estate investments through commitments to six commingled funds.
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Chicago Teachers reviews 'emerging managers' status
UNITED STATES- Public School Teachers鈥� Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago is looking at investing $125m (鈧�84.3m) this year, in international real estate and emerging managers, once the scheme has reviewed its definition of an 鈥榚merging manager鈥�.
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Pension funds pull out of Equest
UK - The BBC Pension Trust, SAUL, BHS Pension Scheme and P&O Pension Scheme have sold their shareholdings in Jersey-based property investment firm Equest Partners.
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Fair value potential entices investors back to UK
EUROPE - Continental European property yields will follow the widening UK trend in 2008, 鈥渢hough not to the same extent鈥�, according to Tony Horrell, CEO of European capital markets at Jones Lang LaSalle.
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Spanish spread boosts logistics
SPAIN - Spanish logistics markets are expanding as urban sectoral growth continues at above the national average, according to a Savills report on the country鈥檚 warehousing market.
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CalPERS approves 鈧�850m in real estate
UNITED STATES - California Public Employees Retirement System has allocation $859.8m (鈧�587.9m) of new real estate investments in commingled funds containing a mixture of local and international real estate, and debt.
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SanFran Employees selects global REIT managers
UNITED STATES - San Francisco Employees鈥� Retirement System has selected European Investors and ING Clarion Real Estate Securities as its global Reit managers.
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UK pension funds look east for storage
UK - UK pension funds see continued traction in Central and Eastern European (CEE) logistics despite concerns over pricing in other segments of those markets.
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GIC acquires Finnish retail
FINLAND - GIC, the 鈧�145bn Singapore sovereign wealth fund, has acquired 40% of one of Finland鈥檚 largest shopping centres for 鈧�131.6m.
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Strapped UK investors are still shopping
UK/EUROPE - Investors are still confident in the UK shopping centre market despite a sharp drop in transaction values in the second half of 2007, according to a DTZ report.
