Real Estate – Page 63
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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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Features
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.
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North Yorks seeks actuary as Lothian reappoints SLI
[16:35 CET 19-03] UK – North Yorkshire County Council has issued a tender for a provider of actuarial services for its £1.2bn (€1.5bn) pension fund.
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FSP raises the ceiling on property
[15:20 CET 10-03] DENMARK - Finanssektorens Pensionskasse, the Danish pension scheme for financial sector workers, is adding a hefty slice of property exposure to the unit-linked scheme now used by all new members.
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German doctors mull infrastructure
[12:00 CET 29-02] GERMANY – The €9bn Nordrheinische Ärzteversorgung (NAEV), the German pension fund for doctors in the North Rhine region, is contemplating a move into infrastructure investments.
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Environment code to calculate property’s carbon emissions
[16:45 CET 28-02] GLOBAL - The Investment Property Databank (IPD) has launched a major global initiative to help real estate owners measure and understand the environmental impact their buildings have, as officials believe such data will become a component of future real estate pricing and legislation.
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Norway appoints Partners Group for real estate advice
[14:30 CET 28-02] NORWAY – The Norwegian Ministry of Finance has appointed Partners Group to provide real estate consultancy services to the NOK 2.1trn (€265bn) Government Pension Fund - Global.
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ASIP finds median performance at 1.8%
[12:15 CET 26-02] SWITZERLAND – The Swiss pension fund association ASIP calculated a median performance of 1.8% with emerging markets equity and real estate contributing most positively.
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Credit crunch cost $3-4trn – JP Morgan
[14:30 CET 18-02] GLOBAL – JP Morgan officials say investment market turbulence sparked by the US subprime housing crisis may already have cost in excess of $3trn (€2.04trn) in lost credit and warn there could be more to come under tightened credit pricing.
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NewsLPFA considers 'market-neutral' pensions strategy
[13:30 CET 15-02] UK – London Pension Funds Authority officers are hoping to shift the strategy of its pension assets to a more market-neutral position, and may opt for a larger allocation to infrastructure.
