Âé¶¹Ó³» Investors News – Page 643
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Arizona State cuts follow-ons to limit market impact
UNITED STATES - Arizona State Retirement System is cutting back on its follow-on commitments to existing real estate investments but still diversifying some assets to prevent ‘denominator’ damage of over-allocation.
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KÃ¥pan eyes more real estate after poor year
SWEDEN – The SEK32.7bn (€3.5bn) Kåpan 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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LaSalle warns of poor Reits performance
United States - LaSalle Investment Management Securities has indicated the performance of US REITs was lackluster in the fourth quarter of 2007 and further is likely to be for the coming months.
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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 (€165.2m), including $100m in Nordic property.
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Virginia to ups its real estate potential
UNITED STATES - Virginia Retirement System has approved a policy to increase its real estate allocation from 7% to 10%.
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Texas buys into Latam real estate
UNITED STATES - Teacher Retirement System of Texas has approved $250m (€164.4m) worth of real estate commitments so far in 2008, including an investment in Pramerica’s Latin American residential offering.
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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’s 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 £9bn (€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 – 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 – The Norwegian Ministry of Finance has appointed PartnersGroup to provide real estate consultancy services to the NOK 2.1trn(€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 (€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’ Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago is looking at investing $125m (€84.3m) this year, in international real estate and emerging managers, once the scheme has reviewed its definition of an ‘emerging manager’.
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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, “though not to the same extent�, according to Tony Horrell, CEO of European capital markets at Jones Lang LaSalle.
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Oil powers Canada returns
CANADA - Commercial property in oil-rich provinces contributed to Canadian returns of 16.1%, compared with 10.5% for equities, and 4.7% for bonds, according to IPD figures published last week.
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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’s warehousing market.
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CalPERS approves €850m in real estate
UNITED STATES - California Public Employees Retirement System has allocation $859.8m (€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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AVP Advisors raises $400m in ‘alternative real estate’ play
UNITED STATES - AVP Advisors attracted $400m ($273.5m euros) of institutional capital, including pension fund assets, to a new type of commingled fund combining indirect investment with direct holdings.


