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Q1 figures show flight to quality
GLOBAL - "Growth will fall β but not off a cliff." That is the latest prognosis for European property markets from LaSalle Investment Management.
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Finnish VER to boost alternatives
FINLAND β The β¬11.53bn Finnish first pillar Valtion ElΓ€kerahasto (VER) pension scheme, is planning to increase its exposure to alternative investments to 10%.
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Property corporate governance βvariedβ
EUROPE - An EPRA study has shown there is no pan-European pattern in corporate governance across property firms β though the mean scraped a pass, scoring 9.73 out of 16.
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Illinois Teachers harvests farming growth
UNITED STATES β The Teachers Retirement System for the State of Illinois has sold its entire agricultural real estate portfolio for $340m (β¬220.2m) to TIAA-CREF.
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LaSalle rides the Mexican real estate bull
UNITED STATES - LaSalle Investment Management believes Mexico as a country has strong real estate fundamentals for future investment possibilities as middle-class demand is creating new commercial projects.
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Pennsylvania puts $925m beyond the core
UNITED STATES - Pennsylvania Public School Employeesβ Retirement System has approved $925m (β¬598.8m) into new real estate investments through a variety of non-core commingled funds.
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Waterton moves into hotel
UNITED STATES - Waterton Associates is set to create a hotel investment fund for the first time in the companyβs history.
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LA Fire and Police survey property risks
UNITED STATES - Los Angeles Fire and Police Pensions are considering investing as much as $300m (β¬194.1m) in real estate this year as part of its 2008 investment plan.
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Bank of Finland scheme awards real estate mandate
FINLAND β Suomen Pankki, the Bank of Finland Pension Fund, has awarded Aberdeen Property Investors a real estate mandate valued at approximately β¬10m.
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Austrian property outperforms, despite sector fall
AUSTRIA - Austrian real estate returns outperformed both equities and bonds in 2007, despite a decline in retail β the best performing sector.
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Sponda sticks with Russia despite Finnish optimism
RUSSIA β Spondaβs chief executive Kari Inkinen said the Finnish property firm was on course for its planned Russian expansion despite a fall in interim profits from the same period last year.
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Pirelli punts on Euro-property fund
EUROPE - Pirelli Real Estate is targeting international pension funds with an opportunistic pan-European property fund it plans to launch early next year.
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UK residential ready for institutions
UK - The UK residential market is ready for pension fund investors despite being fragmented and dominated by amateur property managers, according to property firm Nice.
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Market, not credit, deters UK buyers
UK - Property investors are willing to borrow given the right terms, but theyβre still not convinced the UK market is cheap enough to buy in, according to Jones Lang LaSalle.
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LaSalle creates hotel JV
UNITED STATES - LaSalle Investment Management and public Reits LaSalle Hotel Properties have formed a $700m (β¬455.3m) joint venture to invest in US hotels.
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Pennsylvania State commits to senior housing fund
UNITED STATES - Pennsylvania State Employees Retirement System has already approved a $25m (β¬16.2m) commitment to Senior Housing Partners IV commingled fund.
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TIAA-CREF moves into commingled space
UNITED STATES - TIAA-CREF has created its first commingled fund to be backed by third-party investment capital.
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UK shopping centre investors and developers stall
UK - Investors are holding off from acquisitions in the UK as shopping centre developments stall amid a funding crisis, according to two specialists at property consultancy Savills.
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Pricing and rents repeal increase Polandβs appeal
POLAND - Upward-moving rents and βrationalβ pricing are boosting the acquisition appeal of Polish property assets, according to James Rushworth, European property director at Standard Life Investments.
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Q1 hike in UK derivatives trading
UK - The value of trading in UK property derivatives doubled to Β£3.7bn (β¬4.5bn) in Q1 2008 as investors increased their use of swaps to hedge exposure to real estate, according to figures from the IPD UK All-Property index.
