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Opportunity knocks
Please give an explanation of the firm. Where is the focus of your investment and why? What is the particular investment strategy of the house? JER Partners (JER) is a private equity firm focusing exclusively on real estate investments. JER has been active in Europe since 1994 and runs ...
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AP1 issues clarification about hedge fund plans
SWEDEN – AP1 says recent press statements about it moving into hedge funds are “misleading” and that it will not start reviewing hedge funds until 2005 for possible investment.
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UK unions call for voting transparency
UK – The umbrella body for unions in the UK, the Trades Union Congress, has called for greater voting transparency.
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Lancashire awards custody amid wider revamp
UK - The 2.4 billion-pound (3.56 billion-euro) Lancashire County Council Pension Fund says it will appoint ABN Amro Mellon as its custodian.
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ABP plans to allocate 20% to alternatives
NETHERLANDS – Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP says its new strategic asset allocation targets an allocation of 20% to alternative investments such as hedge funds and private equity, adding that avoiding short-term risk is “not on option”.
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CalPERS says it beats benchmark by over 2%
US – CalPERS has said it returned 29.6% in the one-year period to the end of March, taking its assets to 165.8 billion dollars and beating its benchmark by more than two percent.
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Swiss voters reject pension benefit cut plan
SWITZERLAND - Parliament-backed plans to cut benefits to the first-pillar pension provisions have been halted after 67.9% of voters rejected proposals cuts to pensions and the raising of women’s pension age.
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IPE-QUEST: Dutch pension fund tenders real estate
NETHERLANDS – A Dutch consultant has tendered 10 million euros in real estate for a Dutch pension fund via IPE-Quest.
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ING says institutional AUM rise 4.4%
NETHERLANDS – ING says its institutional assets under management have risen by 4.4% to 131.1 billion euros in the three months to the end of March.
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Ex-API chief Reid in Smedvig real estate link
UK - Iain Reid, former chief executive of Aberdeen Property Investors, has announced his return to the real estate arena.
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Real estate firm EC Harris hires Lane Clark
UK - Real estate consultancy EC Harris has hired Lane Clark & Peacock to provide actuarial, investment and pension administration services to the group’s closed defined benefit pension scheme.
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Hermes names real estate investment head
UK - Hermes Pensions Management has named Fiona Sweeney as its head of real estate investment management.
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AXA asset management revenues rise 25%
FRANCE – Revenues at AXA’s asset management businesses rose by 25.5% to 743 million euros in the first quarter.
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DeAM names European real estate securities head
EUROPE - Deutsche Asset Management has hired John Hammond from Schroders as head of European real estate securities - a new business area for the group’s London property division.
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J P Morgan real estate nabs Deutsche's Tyrell
EUROPE - J P Morgan Fleming Asset Management has hired Nick Tyrell as head of European research and strategy for its real estate business.
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ABN Amro asset management AUM rises
GLOBAL – Client assets under management at ABN Amro’s asset management businesses have risen 12.2% in a year – boosted by the UK, Netherlands and Nordic regions.
