Âé¶¹Ó³»­ Alternatives News – Page 367

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    Six years of UK growth wiped out - IPD

    2009-02-05T17:41:00Z

    UK - The entire capital growth made over the last six years in the UK commercial real estate market has been eroded in only 18 months, according to the IPD UK Quarterly Property Index Q4 2008 published this week.

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    New Jersey changes strategy with commingled capital

    2009-01-29T17:27:00Z

    UNITED STATES - New Jersey Division of Investment has decided to shift $250m (€190.5m) worth of commitments planned for commingled funds into different investment opportunities on the back of market performance worries.

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    Los Angeles City alters hotel booking

    2009-01-29T17:25:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Los Angeles City Employees’ Retirement System has asked Integrated Capital to change the agreement it made concerning the Capital Hospitality fund so it can go ahead with investment plans.

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    Arkansas searches property management

    2009-01-29T16:59:00Z

    US – The $8.4bn Arkansas Teacher Retirement System (ATRS) it is looking to appoint a real estate manager to manage a $140m (€107m) property portfolio.

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    Land Securities warns of tenancy pressures

    2009-01-22T15:30:00Z

    UK – Land Securities is retaining a “cautious outlook� of the property markets after registering an increase in empty properties within its portfolio, and fears property will continue on a downward spiral over the coming months.

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    Aberdeen predicts UK property bounceback

    2009-01-19T15:15:00Z

    UK – Institutional investors, including UK pension funds, are likely to tap into the UK property market for attractive opportunities by the end of this year, according to Aberdeen Property Investors’ UK Property Snapshot.

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    Japan real estate confirmed as falling year-on-year

    2009-01-19T14:45:00Z

    JAPAN – Japanese real estate has delivered its first negative year-on-year capital returns, according to figures released by the Investment Property Databank (IPD) which run to the end of the third quarter 2008.

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    Activity sees IVG buy German retail from AEW

    2009-01-15T17:12:00Z

    Europe – AEW Europe’s pan-European fund has sold its prime retail asset in Hamburg for €94m, proving the German real estate market is still showing signs of activity despite the credit crunch.

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    Higher yields allude to lower income growth - CBRE

    2009-01-15T16:58:00Z

    EUROPE – Yields across all commercial sectors in Europe, Middle East and Africa markets have increased in the fourth quarter of 2008 and may reflect a poor outlook for rents, according to latest data from the CB Richard Ellis EU-15 yield indices.

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    ING enters Polish retail space

    2009-01-12T17:06:00Z

    Czech Republic – ING Real Estate Investment Management has acquired a €125m shopping centre in the Czech Republic and added it to the ING Property Fund Central Europe.

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    Henderson weds Croom for retail property (amended)

    2009-01-12T16:34:00Z

    EUROPE – Henderson Global Investors has appointed Katherine Groom as portfolio manager for its pan-European retail property fund, Herald.

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    More than €50bn waiting to be deployed in Europe

    2009-01-08T16:25:00Z

    EUROPE – More than €50bn of equity is targeting European commercial real estate this year, according to the latest European capital markets research carried out by Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL).

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    Over-exposed Alaska Retirement issues redemption queues

    2009-01-08T15:56:00Z

    UNITED STATES – Alaska Retirement Management Board (ARMB) is to issue $103m (€76.3m) of redemption queues on three open-ended commingled funds as its allocation to real estate exceeds its strategic target.

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    Illinois State Universities to capitalise on 2009 opportunities

    2009-01-08T15:54:00Z

    UNITED STATES – State Universities Retirement System of Illinois has entered into the opportunistic real estate space by making a $40m (€29.4m) commitment to the Dune Real Estate Fund II.

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    EDHEC launches French index

    2009-01-06T15:40:00Z

    FRANCE – French business school EDHEC has launched a monthly index for commercial property in France with the help of the Institut de l'Epargne Immobilière et Foncière (IEIF), an independent French real estate research institute.

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    Hypo Real Estate faces claims for damages

    2009-01-06T15:35:00Z

    GLOBAL – Pension funds are making the first claims for damages against Hypo Real Estate (HRE) for failing to reveal its financial difficulties sooner.

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    ProLogis steps up to support European Properties

    2008-12-22T17:40:00Z

    US – ProLogis, the international logistics developer, has stepped in to help ProLogis European Properties (PEPR) by buying a 20% interest in the ProLogis European Properties Fund II (PEPF II).

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    CPPIB buys into Turkish retail

    2008-12-19T16:15:00Z

    CANADA - The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has invested €250m of equity in a Turkish retail fund.

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    Investment options widened by CalPERS

    2008-12-18T17:23:00Z

    UNITED STATES - California Public Employees Retirement System has approved a temporary new allocation range for real estate, and selected consultants for both timberland and infrastructure investing.

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    Icade REIT considers residential sale

    2008-12-15T17:11:00Z

    FRANCE - Icade, a subsidiary of Caisse des Dépôts and one of the largest Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT) in France, is considering selling its entire housing unit.