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Fillmore Capital to expand into UK and China
UNITED STATES - Fillmore Capital Partners is looking at expanding its investment operations into the United Kingdom and China for the first time.
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Pension funds "could power Reits growth"
UK 鈥� Assets held by the UK Reits market could double over the next few years if investors such as pension funds sold their real estate assets to the listed market, according to First State Investments.
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Pennsylvania State signs to $1bn Mexico fund
UNITED STATES - Pennsylvania State Employees Retirement System is thinking of making a commitment to a $1bn (鈧�681.3m) Latin America residential fund being launched by Pramerica Real Estate Investors.
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Illinois Teachers widens separate account plans
UNITED STATES - Teachers Retirement System of the State of Illinois is planning a shift in its separate accounts real estate programme when it makes its next manager search.
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Alternative investments to carry more weight - ING
UK - Alternatives sectors are likely to register more on the agenda as UK pension funds seek to gain more exposure to real estate assets, according to ING Real Estate Investment Management.
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UK property delivers negative return
UK - Real estate delivered a negative return of 1.1% in Q3, according to the IPD UK Quarterly Index 鈥� the first in its history 鈥� but real estate still outperformed property equities, which had a negative return of 鈥�10.3% for the three months to September.
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Quebec pension fund to invest in India office
INDIA - The Caisse de d茅p么t et placement du Qu茅bec, Canada鈥檚 largest pension fund, is weeks away from its entry into Indian property as part of a strategy to switch 15% of its portfolio to Indian real estate within 3鈥�5 years.
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BA supports pensions flight with office block
UK 鈥� Pension fund of the airline British Airways has bought a recently-completed office development in Birmingham city centre, in a bid to help diversify its asset allocation.
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LACERA trades property for commingled fund
UNITED STATES - Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association has sold a shopping centre in Los Angeles and traded it for an investment into a commingled fund with the same real estate manager.
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US pension funds rest sleeping capital in hotels
UNITED STATES - Pension funds are still eyeing hotel properties as a good investment, as San Diego is the latest to shift additional assets into the sector and Principal has made its first purchase for investors.
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CalSTRS sets up retail JV
UNITED STATES - California State Teachers Retirement System has established a new joint venture with Urban Retail Properties Company to invest in retail properties.
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US pension funds make play for value-added apartments
UNITED STATES - Pension funds in the United States are moving some capital into investing in value-added apartments, as renter demand for flats is believed to be on the upswing.
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Land is the new property, say planners
UK - Greenbelt and brownfield land earmarked for development is rapidly emerging as a sub-asset class in an otherwise overvalued real estate market.
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Macro growth boosts Nordic retail
NORDICS - Pension funds have an irrational attachment to office real estate when they should be looking to outperforming retail, according to fund manager Cordea Savills.
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CalPERS places fresh $600m in real estate
UNITED STATES - California Public Employees Retirement System has placed $600m (鈧�424.5m) into a combination of commingled funds, co-investments and separate accounts for international and opportunistic strategies.
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UK, Spanish banks in sale-and-leaseback deals
UK/SPAIN - Two banks involved in the acquisition of ABN Amro are selling off most of their remaining property assets in a series of sale-and-leaseback deals.
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Oslo property market is 鈥榯he new Helsinki鈥�
NORWAY 鈥� Europe is good but Norway is better, according to a property market report published by Close, the independent merchant bank.
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US pension fund capital heads back to core
UNITED STATES - Some pension fund capital in the United States is flowing against the tide and being reallocated to a core investment strategy.
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Credit crunch creates PE buyers鈥� market
GLOBAL - Excess capital accumulated by US real estate private equity funds in the first half of 2007 will help them mop up in a downward-valued market, according to an Ernst & Young report on real estate private equity funds.
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Strategies switched amid lower Romanian returns
ROMANIA - Charlemagne Capital鈥檚 鈧�110.5m sale of three Romanian property assets last week indicates a significant shift in that market, according to investors.
