Âé¶¹Ó³»­ Americas News – Page 197

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    Texas Employees signs real estate consultant

    2009-06-01T17:26:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Texas Employees Retirement System has selected RV Kuhns & Associates as its first ever real estate consultant.

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    SanFran CC to spend in real estate

    2009-05-26T17:01:00Z

    UNITED STATES - San Francisco City and County Employees’ Retirement System is planning to invest capital in public REITs and the non-core sector of its real estate portfolio over the next year.

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    Texas Teachers to revisit core strategy

    2009-05-18T18:00:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Teacher Retirement System of Texas is planning to invest approximately $500m (€368.2m) in core strategy real estate over the next 12 months.

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    Rockwood Capital hits fundraising target

    2009-05-11T17:41:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Rockwood Capital has closed the money raising on its Rockwood Capital Real Estate Partners Fund VIII just shy of its target, at $964m (€720.6m).

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    NYSTRS extends its real estate limits

    2009-05-11T17:29:00Z

    UNITED STATES - New York State Teachers Retirement System has bought a further share in a real estate backed by a European pension fund, as well as extending current management contracts.

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    Wisconsin extends commitments

    2009-05-05T17:23:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Wisconsin State Investment Board has made two follow-on commitments to commingled funds, in a bid to preserve capital during the market downturn.

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    Texas School Fund allocates to real estate

    2009-04-27T17:23:00Z

    UNITED STATES - The Texas Permanent School Fund has established a 6% targeted allocation to real estate, making this its foray into the asset class.

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    Texas Teachers to invest $475m in LLPs

    2009-04-20T17:18:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Teacher Retirement System of Texas is in the process of setting up two limited partnership funds with assets of $475m (€358.1m) which could make it the only pension fund investor.

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    LA Fire and Police burns Adelante deal

    2009-04-14T17:20:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Los Angeles Fire and Police Pensions has ended its relationship with Adelante Capital Management as a REIT manager after the firm massively underperformed its benchmark.

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    OMERS tracks long-term gains with railway top-up

    2009-04-02T17:06:00Z

    CANADA – Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) has increased its stake in a rail infrastructure project in Detroit, to become the majority owner.

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    CPP to invest in real estate through bonds issuance

    2009-03-30T17:34:00Z

    CANADA - The Canada Pension Plan Investment (CPPIB) Board is planning to issue up to C$5bn (€3bn) in fixed income paper over the next two years to help the pension fund invest in real estate and infrastructure.

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    Dallas Police & Fire strengthen infrastructure

    2009-03-30T17:33:00Z

    US –The Dallas Police and Fire Pension System has invested in a $4bn (€3.01bn) state of the art highway infrastructure system in Dallas, bolstering domestic investments.

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    New York PF hedges its bets on real estate

    2009-03-30T17:29:00Z

    US – The New York State Common Retirement Fund (CRF) announced on Friday it closed $238.2m (€178.8m) of real estate hedge fund transactions last month.

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    San Diego City plans tactical moves in real estate

    2009-03-26T17:11:00Z

    UNITED STATES - San Diego City Employees’ Retirement System is planning to take advantage of tactical investment opportunities in the second half of this year in certain property types.

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    TriCon comes up short on capital raising

    2009-03-26T17:09:00Z

    UNITED STATES - TriCon Capital was only able to attract $350m (€257.6m) for its latest commingled fund, TriCon IX – just over 40% shy of its $600m target.

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    CalPERS sees demand for member mortgages triple

    2009-03-23T17:36:00Z

    US – California Public Employees’ Retirement System’s (CalPERS’) Member Home Loan Programme has tripled in size over the last year thanks to its conservative mortgage practices, according to CalPERS’ Investment Committee.

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    Mexican pensions to focus on home properties

    2009-03-19T17:20:00Z

    MEXICO – Mexican pension funds have agreed to only invest in domestic investments this year and will focus on investing in real estate to help boost the struggling Mexican economy.

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    SanFran PF sees real estate portfolio fall 5.6%

    2009-03-19T17:18:00Z

    UNITED STATES - San Francisco City and County Employees’ Retirement System saw real estate portfolio fall by 5.6% during the fourth quarter of 2008 alone.

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    Contra Costa reviews Morgan Stanley deal

    2009-03-19T17:14:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Contra Costa County Employees’ Retirement Association has decided to reconsider its earlier $75m (€57.9m) commitment to the Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund VII Global.

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    Risk in the US may be worth buying - RREEF

    2009-03-16T18:12:00Z

    US – North American real estate markets are expected to offer high-risk investors “highly attractive� opportunities in 2009, suggests research from RREEF Alternative Investments.