People News – Page 68

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    ZIA enters new era with new president

    2009-06-22T17:08:00Z

    GERMANY – Andreas Mattner, executive board member at German developer ECE Projektmanagement, has replaced Eckart John von Freyend as president of the German Property Federation (ZIA).

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    Fresno County acts on concerns about value-added manager

    2009-06-15T18:01:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Fresno County Employees Retirement Association has changed its mind about the appointment of a real estate manager to look after a $30m (€21.7m) allocation for a value-added investment as it has reservations about the firm’s ability to raise sufficient capital.

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    AEW boosts research function

    2009-06-15T17:48:00Z

    EUROPE - AEW Europe, which has €17bn in assets under management, has boosted its research function with the appointment of José Luis Pellicer to head the research function in London

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    Lewis moves onto next venture

    2009-06-08T17:52:00Z

    EUROPE – Ric Lewis has left AEW Europe but will continue to advise two of its institutional real estate funds from the helm of new fund management company Tristan Capital Partners.

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    Investor alignment could solve 'diversity' problems

    2009-06-01T17:44:00Z

    GLOBAL - The common practice of having diverse investor bases in real estate funds poses significant challenges for pension funds’ due diligence, delegates heard at Âé¶¹Ó³»­ Real Estate’s Investor Forum in Amsterdam last week.

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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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    Mercer expands global real estate operations

    2009-05-26T16:58:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Mercer Investment Consulting is expanding its real estate consulting operation to pension fund clients around the world.

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    Illinois Municipal moves MS assets

    2009-05-18T18:06:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund has become one of the first pension funds to transfer a separate account from Morgan Stanley Real Estate to another manager.

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    Gellatly leaves BlackRock for new base

    2009-05-11T17:31:00Z

    EUROPE – John Gellatly has left BlackRock as head of real estate fund of funds to join Aviva Investors’ global multi-manager team in Europe.

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    JER loses another key player

    2009-04-20T17:09:00Z

    GLOBAL - Michael Pralle has resigned as chief operating officer at real estate opportunity fund manager JER Partners after joining 18 months ago.

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    ING REIM loses its head

    2009-04-20T12:30:00Z

    GLOBAL - Robert Houston is stepping down as chief executive of ING Real Estate Investment Management in the summer.

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    ING narrows focus in 'back to basics' shift

    2009-04-14T10:21:00Z

    GLOBAL – ING, the Netherlands-headquartered banking and insurance group, is forming a single global investment management business and consolidating its operations to in future focus on retail banking and the retirement market.

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    Townsend taps Europe through UK office

    2009-04-02T17:13:00Z

    US/UK – Townsend Group, the North American institutional real estate adviser, has opened its first European office in London this week and appointed Adam Calman as head of Europe.

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    Ohio Teachers searches for new consultant

    2009-03-26T17:13:00Z

    US – Ohio’s State Teachers’ Retirement System (STRS) is searching for a new investment consultant after Russell Investment Group announced it did not plan to extend its contract beyond June 2009.

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    Real estate has to go 'back to basics' – E&Y

    2009-03-26T17:03:00Z

    US – Real estate companies face fiercer competition now than ever before and would benefit from adopting a “back to basics� approach to emerge stronger from the financial crisis, according to Ernst & Young (E&Y).

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    Invesco appoints new research heads

    2009-03-26T17:00:00Z

    US - Invesco Real Estate is expanding its global reach with the appointment of Mark Roberts as global director of research and Mike Sobolik as regional director or research in North America.

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    Merseyside reviews property adviser

    2009-03-23T17:39:00Z

    UK - Merseyside Pension Fund has announced it is looking for a strategic property investment adviser for its £262m (€278m) direct UK property portfolio.

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    LaSalle signs Northern Europe head

    2009-03-23T17:28:00Z

    EUROPE - LaSalle Investment Management has appointed Insa von Jürgensonn as regional director and head of portfolio management for Northern Europe.

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    State-owned Hypo touted as potential property lift

    2009-03-19T17:12:00Z

    GERMANY – Experts claim Hypo Real Estate’s (HRE’s) possible nationalisation could help boost the German property market.

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    AEW Europe signs new CEO

    2009-03-19T17:05:00Z

    EUROPE – AEW Europe has appointed Christian Delaire to replace François Pochard as chief executive officer and develop its real estate investment management business.