Real Estate – Page 115
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Pension allocation to property under discussion
US – The amount pension funds should allocate to real estate has come under discussion by pundits at the Pensions Real Estate Association’s conference in Boston.
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Germany: Deutsche says ageing to hit property
GERMANY – Germany’s investment products must diversify more strongly across regions and property categories, says Deutsche Bank.
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Euro boost for European pooled property funds
EUROPE – The euro has had a positive impact on cross-border investing in European pooled property funds, according to IPD and ABN Amro.
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Nationwide fund drops Schroders as main manager
UK – Schroder Investment Management has been dropped as the main fund manager for the 850 million-pound (1.22 billion-euro) pension fund of Nationwide Building Society as a result of poor performance.
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Inflows to German investment funds halve
GERMANY – Investments into German investment funds dropped by half in August to 1.6 billion euros, according to the latest data from the BVI, Bundesverband Investment und Asset Management.
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Aberdeen Asset Management sells AVI
UK – Aberdeen Asset Management has decided to sell its Asset Value Investors subsidiary to its management.
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Aberdeen’s property arm names new Europe head
UK – Aberdeen Property Investors has appointed Paul Aggett to oversee its Nordic, UK and continental European divisions - essentially taking the role of chairman Iain Reid.
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Serbia to raise retirement age by five years
SERBIA – Serbia says it plans to raise the minimum retirement age by five years from the current “in a phased manner”.
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Surrey scheme considers core-satellite approach
UK – Surrey County Council’s 950 million-pound (1.35 billion-euro) pension fund is reviewing the services and management of the scheme, and is considering a series of mandates.
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Corporate pension funds seen eyeing hedge funds
EUROPE – Corporate pension funds are changing their thinking about hedge funds, prompted by pension obligations being treated as debt, according to a new report by Morgan Stanley.
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ING targets pension funds with property fund
UK - ING Real Estate Investment Management is targeting pension funds with a new property fund of funds.
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Speculation over HVB asset management arm
GERMANY – HVB’s chief executive Dieter Rampl has re-iterated that the group is to focus on distribution – fuelling talk that its asset management arm may be sold.
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PGGM spends E30m to hedge against inflation
NETHERLANDS – The 48 billion-euro Dutch healthcare pension fund PGGM has spent 30 million euros to hedge its pension commitments against inflation.
