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    Pramerica takes its next Latam leap

    2008-03-27T17:51:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Pramerica Real Estate Investors has closed its latest Latin American commingled fund and completed its first transaction in Chile.

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    Chicago Teachers buys Asian exposure

    2008-03-27T17:48:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Public School Teachers’ Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago has extended its international real estate exposure by agreeing to allocate $40m (€25.7m) to the Merrill Lynch Asia real estate opportunity fund.

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    Size mattered in UK property correction – L&G

    2008-03-20T17:28:00Z

    UK - The speed with which the UK real estate market has corrected in recent months is partly because of the huge changes in its investor base, according to Legal & General’s latest fundamentals briefing in London on Tuesday.

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    E&Y turns its spotlight on Germany

    2008-03-20T17:23:00Z

    GERMANY - Real estate investors expect Germany to be the best performing European real estate market in 2008, according to a survey by Ernst & Young Real Estate.

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    Maryland State to double real estate allocation

    2008-03-20T17:20:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Maryland State Retirement Agency is doubling its targeted allocation for real estate from 5% to 10%.

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    Pennsylvania eyes opportunities in $461m placement

    2008-03-20T17:16:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Pennsylvania Public School Employees Retirement System has approved new real estate commitments totaling $461.5m (€293.5m) in the opportunistic sector.

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    San Francisco extends real estate holdings

    2008-03-20T17:14:00Z

    UNITED STATES - San Francisco City and County Employees’ Retirement System made changes to its real estate portfolio to take advantage of market dislocation.

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    Ilmarinen to finance Sponda’s Russian expansion

    2008-03-17T15:40:00Z

    FINLAND/RUSSIA - Finnish pensions provider Ilmarinen has signed a deal to part-fund property firm Sponda’s aggressive Russian expansion strategy.

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    West Sussex mulls overseas move

    2008-03-17T15:20:00Z

    UK - West Sussex local authority pension fund has reappointed Cushman & Healey in a Β£340,000 deal to manage its direct property portfolio.

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    CPPIB renounces rights to acquire Auckland airport

    2008-03-17T15:10:00Z

    CANADA/NEW ZEALAND – THE Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has headed off government attempts to block foreign ownership of strategic infrastructure assets, by gaining 57.7% shareholder approval for a carefully worded bid for a minority stake in Auckland International Airport.

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    Developing Europe keeps investors local

    2008-03-17T15:00:00Z

    EUROPE - Turkey and Russia now outclass other European property markets for both development and investment, indicating a shift away from β€œOld Europe” towards new holdings and developments, suggests a report co-published by the Urban Land Institute and PwC.

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    CalSTRS buys into opportunistic projects

    2008-03-14T12:33:00Z

    UNITED STATES - California State Teachers Retirement System has grown its opportunistic real estate portfolio by $154m (€100.2m) through two new commitments, including one to a new development project in Washington DC.

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    Chicago Police eyes more real estate

    2008-03-14T12:31:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Chicago Policemen’s Annuity and Benefit Fund has increased its allocation to real estate from 5% to 7%.

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    Principal creates California JV

    2008-03-14T12:24:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Principal Real Estate Investors has created a new joint venture with The Martin Group to invest in Californian real estate.

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    APG and ATP back INREV index campaign

    2008-03-10T17:05:00Z

    EUROPE - European pension funds have lent their weight to a campaign organised by the European Association for Investors in Non-listed Real Estate Vehicles (INREV), aimed at increasing transparency among unlisted property funds.

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    Finland peers down from 10-year peak

    2008-03-10T17:03:00Z

    FINLAND - Finnish real estate delivered the market’s strongest performance in a decade last year, returning 11.3% –an increase of 1.3% over the previous year, according to figures published by KTI.

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    UK industry defends 'pretty good' valuers

    2008-03-10T17:02:00Z

    UK - Fund managers have shored up the value of property indices against claims they adequately fail to reflect the market.

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    UK property set to stabilise in summer

    2008-03-10T16:59:00Z

    UK – The Real Estate Investment Trust Association (Reita) has become the latest industry body to forecast a mid-year pick-up in the UK property market.

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    Fortis forms car pool with Vinci

    2008-03-10T16:57:00Z

    EUROPE - Insurer Fortis is in exclusive talks with French firm Vinci to pool the firms’ European carpark assets in a joint venture.

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    FSP raises the ceiling on property

    2008-03-10T16:05:00Z

    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.