Real Estate – Page 43
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NewsIrish finance minister calls on pension funds to consider infrastructure
IRELAND – Noonan highlights benefits of proposed Irish REITs to institutionals.
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Strathclyde pension fund pulls out of L&G joint venture
UK – Scheme offloads stake in shopping centre fund ahead of redevelopment.
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NewsFees prompt infrastructure investors to go direct
EUROPE – Investors increasingly put off by private equity-style remuneration, study shows.
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NewsSurvey: European real estate investors regain confidence
EUROPE – German, French, UK institutions set to increase investments in 2013.
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AnalysisNews analysis: Are regulators denying real estate's long-term credentials?
Long-term investments could be recalibrated under Solvency II, but property might miss out.
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NewsConstruction-risk guarantees for infrastructure 'damaging'
EUROPE – Blanket guarantees on debt financing simply create taxpayer liabilities, EDHEC says.
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NewsGerman investors keen to increase risk, but wary of Solvency II
GERMANY – BVI says investors keen to boost equity exposure 'put off' by upcoming legislation.
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NewsAPG acquires stake in £350m UK residential property portfolio
EUROPE – Partnership with UK's Grainger is asset manager's first stake in UK residential.
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NewsPension funds withdraw claim against Henderson GI
UK – Schemes agree to withdraw claim in return for payment by Henderson of legal costs to date.
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NewsInvestors reject construction risk as watchdog warns of lender pullout
EUROPE – UK parliamentary committee threatens changes to licensing regime.
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NewsContinuing euro-zone crisis boosts real estate investor sentiment
EUROPE – More than 80% of Ernst & Young survey respondents expect deal volume to increase.
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NewsNEST tenders UK, global real estate mandates
UK – DC fund currently has limited real estate exposure as part of diversified beta portfolio.
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Danish roundup: PFA, Lærernes, Sampension, AP Pension
DENMARK – Corporate bonds help PFA to post highest-ever group investment return.
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NewsAXA taps defined benefit schemes with UK long-lease fund
EUROPE – Company raises £125m for fund with target war chest of £1bn by 2018.
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Danish roundup: PensionDanmark, AP Pension, LD
DENMARK – PensionDanmark to invest DKK2bn a year in Danish property over next five years.
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NewsIrish subsidies 'skewing' competition in real estate market
IRELAND – Study sees little appetite for alternative lenders to challenge NAMA dominance.
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NewsAppetite for infrastructure increases, but 'conservatism' remains
GLOBAL – Institutionals increasingly looking to allocate fresh capital to asset class, study shows.
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NewsUniversities Superannuation Scheme buys Brisbane airport rail link
UK – Deal marks third infrastructure deal in Australia, as scheme looks to invest further £2bn.
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NewsCanada Pension Plan enters Nordic real estate market
NORTH AMERICA – CPPIB considers deal 'first step' in ongoing joint investment platform.
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NewsBlackRock, UK RREEF funds merge to create £2.4bn unit trust
UK – 'Landmark' merger to create country's largest unit trust.





