Real Estate – Page 38
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NewsGermany's BVK awards €500m global mandate to LaSalle
GERMANY – Opportunistic strategy may invest in Australia, Canada, Japan and US.
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NewsHead of real estate at MN departs
NETHERLANDS – Richard van Ovost leaves Dutch pension asset manager after eight years.
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Mandate NewsMandate roundup: IPE-Quest, Northern Ireland Water
EUROPE – European investor tenders $25m global high-yield debt mandate using IPE-Quest.
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NewsDebtors fail to reach consensus on refinancing Germany's IVG
GERMANY – Board now "carefully examining" whether to dissolve company.
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NewsGermany's answer to AIFMD makes waves in real estate
GERMANY – Local real estate investors adapt to newly adopted Kapitalanlagegesetzbuch.
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NewsAviva Investors launches infrastructure debt fund
EUROPE – Raises €425m in first closing, securing funds from three insurance companies.
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NewsDutch giant APG to invest €170m in Japanese warehouses
NETHERLANDS – 'Club-style' fund to focus on modern facilities near Tokyo, Osaka.
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Scheme for Austrian lawyers considers foray into real estate
AUSTRIA – Pension fund says government’s long-term investment projects ‘also interesting’.
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NewsBNP Paribas buys into GOEF market with Depotbank deal
GERMANY – BNP Paribas Securities Services buys Commerzbank's Depotbank business for undisclosed sum.
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NewsBlackRock launches next-generation long-lease property fund
UK – Six schemes back £250m fund, while Invesco RE proposes 'actively managed' strategy.
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NewsReal estate managers 'running out of time' to adapt to AIFMD
EUROPE – Law firm says implementation of new Directive dogged by inconsistencies.
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NewsPension funds should reconsider 'narrow view' of property – Cardano
GLOBAL – Schemes should consider asset-backed securities based around property portfolios.
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NewsAcademic paper questions merits of property as inflation hedge
GLOBAL – Only commercial real estate shows any evidence of 'real link' between inflation, returns.
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NewsNAPF infrastructure fund will 'do its best' to accommodate DC
UK – Vehicle keen to be as 'DC-friendly as possible', says CIO at NEST.
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NewsReport backs creation of UK infrastructure bank
UK – National Investment Bank could provide smaller investors with project expertise.
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NewsOne-fifth in real estate a 'reasonable proposition' – NEST
UK – CIO says 20% allocation would ideally be for all real assets, including infrastructure.
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NewsBT teams with CPPIB for central London joint venture
GLOBAL – Canadian fund buys stake in core portfolio previously owned by BTPS.
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German pension fund launches €1.8bn real estate fund
GERMANY – Banking fund BVV thought to be behind Spezialfonds administered by Universal.
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H1 infrastructure fundraising jumps by nearly 80% – Preqin
GLOBAL – Unlisted funds secure $14.5bn in fresh capital since beginning of 2013.
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Irish finance minister dodges questions on future of NPRF
IRELAND – Minister uncler whether new strategic investment fund will pre-fund pension liabilities.
