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EPRA calls for focus on cross-border possibilities
EUROPE - Addressing the barriers to efficient cross-border investment in European real estate is more important in the near-term than lobbying for the creation of pan-European real estate investment...

Ohio Police and Fire dampens core strategy
UNITED STATES - Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund has altered its 2008 real estate strategy and will now be investing in core real estate this year, as previously planned.

Wisconsin expands real estate consultancy needs
UNITED STATES - Wisconsin State Investment Board has expanded the duties for its real estate consultant, Courtland Partners, as officials at the pension fund say its remit is becoming more...

Texas Employees to employ real estate consultant
UNITED STATES – The Employees Retirement System of Texas has begun the search to find a real estate consultant for the first time, and has issued a Request for Information to the market.

Texas Teachers makes $250m gateways commitment
UNITED STATES - Teacher Retirement System of Texas has approved a $250m (€171.2m) commitment with Westbrook Partners’ latest commingled fund.

SanFran City and County signs follow-on commitments
UNITED STATES - San Francisco City and County Employees’ Retirement System is extending its relationship with CapMark Financial Group by approving follow-on real estate commitments worth $62.5m...

Recession fears bring gloom to German real estate
GERMANY - Investors are increasingly reluctant to invest in German real estate as the Europe’s largest economy is slipping into recession, independent European property consultants, King Sturge has...

Emerging markets lift global office sector…for now
GLOBAL - The office market worldwide has continued to show resilience despite the general downturn in the global economy, according to Boston-based global property specialist Colliers International.

DEGI continues expansion eastwards and at home
GERMANY - Specialist Frankfurt-based property investors, DEGI, has acquired the Marynarska Business Park in Warsaw for €167m, as well as expanding its presence in Frankfurt.

SEB to cash in on expanding Cologne office market
GERMANY - Frankfurt-based SEB Asset Management (SEB) has further expanded its German property holdings with the purchase of a major office building in Cologne which adds €75m to the group’s existing...

BPF Bouw becomes latest victim to property fraud
NETHERLANDS - The €25bn pension fund for the construction industry BPF Bouw is understood to be the latest victim of the large-scale property fraud which has affected the company pension scheme of...

Sacramento County plays strong hand on real estate
UNITED STATES - Sacramento County Employees Retirement System is now in the process of looking at firms to manage an ex-US public REITs strategy, but has rejected plans from one of its managers to...

Fresno County increases target on real estate and infrastructure
UNITED STATES - Fresno County Employees’ Retirement Association has increased its real estate allocation from 4% to 6% and added an allocation of 2% to infrastructure for the first time.

ORG to support Indiana PERF
UNITED STATES- Indiana Public Employees Retirement Fund has selected ORG Portfolio Management as its first consultant dedicated to the real estate asset class.

CalPERS taps call for debt liquidity
UNITED STATES - California Public Employees Retirement System has made a $200m (€135.4bn) commitment into a US Debt Fund investment run by JER Investors Trust, to take advantage of dislocation in the ...

Apollo creates AREFIN on new investor demand
UNITED STATES - Apollo Real Estate Advisors has attracted an additional $309m (€210.6m) for its commingled fund, Apollo Real Estate Finance Corp, and placed the new capital raising in a separate...