Real Estate – Page 43
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NewsSurvey shows spike in institutional real estate interest
GLOBAL – One-third of respondents to Preqin survey keen to invest in real estate debt funds.
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NewsLPFA 'pushing' for creation of London housing fund
UK – Chairman Edmund Truell also says merger of London local authority funds 'a ways off'.
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NewsLPFA, Lloyds provide final seed capital for infrastructure fund
UK – Pensions Infrastructure Platform appoints PwC to help select manager, targets launch by summer.
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German roundup: IVG, Cordea Savills, SEB
GERMANY – IVG acquires portfolio from investment fund on behalf of German pension scheme.
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NewsNorwegian Pension Fund Global enters US real estate market
GLOBAL – Venture comes less than two months after mandate amended to allow US exposure.
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NewsAviva acquires residential development for pension scheme-focused fund
EUROPE – Company to provide £19m to finance 212 residential assets in sale-and-leaseback deal.
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NewsDutch pensions giant ABP settles with Deutsche Bank over RMBS
GLOBAL – Claims against Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley still pending.
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NewsAIFMD must clarify 'day-to-day control' for real estate – INREV
EUROPE – Organisation urges ESMA to rethink guidelines on collective investment undertakings.
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NewsUSS agrees nearly £100m in financing to UK water provider
UK – Country's second-largest pension fund to provide 20-year, Class B debt to Affinity Water.
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NewsDanish pension fund Sampension shifts real estate team to alternatives
DENMARK – Real estate to account for half of alternatives allocation, scheme says.
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NewsDanish pension funds exploring infrastructure PPPs
DENMARK – PensionDanmark, PFA, ATP, Sampension and PKA set up group to identify investments.
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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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NewsItalian institutional investors pile into European office fund
EUROPE – AXA Real Estate vehicle attracts 13 institutions for locally regulated blind-pool fund.
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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.




