Real Estate – Page 127
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VKG broadens property horizon in new RFP
BELGIUM - The e500m Brussels based VKG/CPM pension fund for doctors, dentists and pharmacists is seeking a manager for an indirect international real estate mandate, as part of a strategic geographical shift in its property investment set-up...
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Foreign investment in UK property doubles
UK – Overseas investment in British commercial property reached a record high in 2000, doubling the figure for 1999 at a total of £7.1bn, says a report by DTZ Research.
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J Walter Thompson Trustees drops Schroders
UK – J Walter Thompson Trustees has split its £50m pension fund into three separate specialist portfolios - following the closure of the fund, dropping Schroder Investment Management in the process...
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AP3 fund selects overseas managers
SWEDEN - The SEK130bn (e14.6bn) Swedish government third AP-fund (AP3) has awarded new global ex Europe investment mandates to a number of UK and US managers.
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FIS comes clean with new SRI fund
UK - Friends Ivory & Sime has teamed up with Christian Aid, Oxfam and the Pensions Trust in the development of a new SRI fund...
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CDC rebrands for the new year
FRANCE - The Paris based former CDC Asset Management has seen in the new-year with a name change, becoming CDC IXIS.
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Ireland puts away IR£6bn for the future
IRELAND - The green light has been given to Ireland's National Pension Reserve Fund, which should see upwards of IR£6bn pumped into its coffers by the year end. RFPs for external mandates could be requested as early as February.....
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Calor cuts off P&D and Merrill
UK - The UK retirement benefits fund for gas group Calor has dropped Phillips & Drew and Merrill Lynch from a pair of £140m balanced mandates
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Features
Drive to devise packages for funds
British investment banks and real estate agencies are using all their ingenuity to design property packages that appeal to pension fund tastes. They are having some success, not least with pension funds from elsewhere in Europe. Why does real estate need packaging? On the face of it, commercial property should ...
