Real Estate – Page 62
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FeaturesInflation seller: Øresund Bridge
While pension funds, insurers and private investors benefit from lower inflation, public authorities and enterprises, utilities, real estate and distribution companies profit from higher inflation. So, the latter group can benefit from becoming inflation sellers, according to a Fortis Investments reports, ‘Inflation swaps to safeguard future income or hedge against ...
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Inflation assets: alternatives from inflation
Lynn Strongin Dodds looks at the use of alternative assets as a means of protecting against inflation.
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Dutch transport funds team up to buy real estate
[16:30 CEST 29-05] NETHERLANDS – The Dutch €12bn railway pension fund (SPF) and the €2bn public transport pension fund (SPOV) have together with Generali Real Estate bought an €80m Dutch shopping centre project.
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IPE-Quest: Finnish fund seeks UK real estate
[12:00 CEST 29-05] FINLAND – A Finnish pension fund is looking for managers for a £150m (€189.5m) UK real estate mandate, using IPE Quest.
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Good quality property strategy will 'shield' FSP
[14:00 CEST 22-05] DENMARK - Danish pension fund FSP is expecting to avoid the worst of the market rout by investing in good quality property and avoiding the most volatile market segments.
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LGPI allocates $75m to Asian property
[16:50 CEST 21-05] FINLAND – The Finnish Local Government Pensions Institution (LGPI) has invested $75m (€48m) into an Asian real estate fund of funds managed by Aberdeen Property Investors (API).
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UBS disposes of subprime-related embarrassment
[15:30 CEST 21-05] SWITZERLAND - Swiss bank UBS has sold $15bn (€9.7bn) worth of US residential mortgage-backed securities to a newly created distressed asset fund.
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North Yorks pension moves into property (amended)
[16:00 CEST 20-05] UK – The £1.2bn (€1.5bn) North Yorkshire County Council pension fund is adjusting its asset allocation and moving into real estate investment, as well as searching for an overseas equity manager.
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NewsBank of Finland scheme awards real estate mandate
[12:00 CEST 15-05] FINLAND – Suomen Pankki, the Bank of Finland pension fund, has awarded Aberdeen Property Investors a real estate mandate valued at approximately €10m.
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Aberdeen buys real estate rival Goodman for £109m
[16:55 CEST 06-02] GLOBAL – Aberdeen Asset Management’s real estate subsidiary Aberdeen Property Investors has snapped up a deal to buy its rival Goodman Property Investors for £109m (€140m).
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CMSA moves to dissuade against CMBS rating 'symbols'
[16:40 CEST 02-05] GLOBAL – The US-based Commercial Mortgage Securities Association (CMSA) has criticised proposals from the International Organisation of Securities Commission (IOSCO) to create a separate ratings regime for mortgage-backed securities (MBS) as “adding to investor confusion”.
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Bricks and mortar
The future looks challenging for private equity real estate funds. Lynn Strongin Dodds reviews the outlook and highlights some of the brighter spots
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NewsReal estate sector pressed to embrace 'professionalisation'
[12:00 CEST 29-04] GLOBAL – Fund managers in the real estate investment market will face increasing calls for the transparency, standardisation and ‘beta-matching’ lower fees which investors now expect in other asset classes, speakers at the INREV annual conference have suggested.
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INREV follows the fashion for style
[12:00 CEST 25-04] EUROPE – INREV, the European Association for investors in non-listed real estate funds, has introduced a ‘style’ index to help pension funds and institutional investors can benchmark their funds by investment style.
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FSP outsources residential admin
[15:30 CEST 22-04] DENMARK - Finanssektorens Pensionskasse, the Danish pension scheme for financial sector workers, has outsourced the administration of its Danish residential properties and leases to Dan-Ejendomme.
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NewsIPE-QUEST: High yield debt
[15:45 CEST 11-04] GLOBAL – A continental European pension fund has said it is looking for managers for a $80m (€50.5m) global developed markets high yield debt mandate, using IPE Quest.
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VastNed forced to reconsider takeover
[11:30 CEST 10-04] NETHERLANDS - VastNed Retail, the €1.8bn property fund, has been forced by majority shareholders, such as pensions investor PGGM, to re-consider its initial refusal to a takeover bid.
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Norway pension fund allocates 5% to real estate
[16:00 CEST 07-04] NORWAY – Europe’s largest pension fund, the NOK2136bn (€267bn) Norwegian Government Pension Fund – Global, has said it will switch 5% of its asset to real estate, while moving more into emerging markets.
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SBZ seeks real estate and SRI managers
[12:15 CEST 04-04] NETHERLANDS – SBZ, the €2.57bn industry-wide pension fund for care insurers, is looking to make changes to its environmental, social and governance structure and its real estate portfolio as part of its earlier swap to fiduciary management.
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BLPK at top end of Swiss performers
[16:30 CET 26-03] SWITZERLAND – The CHF5.2bn (€3.3bn) Basellandschaftliche Pensionskasse generated a 4%return on investments in 2007.
