Real Estate – Page 70
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NBIM appoints CFO in move to alternatives
NORWAY – Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) has appointed Espen Klitzing, 43, to the newly created position of chief financial officer.
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Features
In the pipeline?
While developers flock to seize the opportunity of Moscow real estate, institutional investor interest remains cautious – for now at least. Christine Senior reports
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It's hot in Helsinki
Continued investor exuberance over Finnish real estate will depend on bigger, better portfolios and further expansion outside the capital, as Shayla Walmsley explains
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Head for homes
It is boomtown – and not just in Berlin – but caveat investor: European residential has little to bind it as an asset sub-class, Shayla Walmsley finds
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Market report: compelling case
Allthough small, at only 1% of Europe’s real estate in value terms, Finland is undergoing one of the most profound changes of all European markets. On the one hand, there has been a surge of demand to invest in the market over the past two or three years. Domestic institutions ...
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Capital flowing?
Following INREV’s Investment Intentions Survey a roundtable was convened to discuss the results and develop themes arising from them
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Breaking with tradition
Institutional investors in France are increasingly widening their net as they hunt for greater performance and diversity. Lynn Strongin Dodds reports
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Special Report
Tapping into the Green agenda
Real estate investors need to keep abreast of sustainability issues if they want to add value while protecting existing assets, Scott Muldavin argues
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Macquarie opens office in Frankfurt and Paris
REAL ESTATE – The real estate fund arm of Australian investment bank Macquarie has this month opened offices in Frankfurt and Paris to step up its investments on the European continent.
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ABP could profit from real estate bidding war
THE NETHERLANDS - The €209bn civil service pension fund ABP could enjoy a windfall as a result of a bidding war between two large property investors in the USA.
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IVG Immobilien slams G-REITs legislation
REAL ESTATE – German property firm IVG Immobilien has lambasted the government legislation creating German real estate investment trusts (G-REITs), saying that unless it is improved, G-REITs will not be successful.
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ABP declares interest in running Dutch toll roads
THE NETHERLANDS – The €201bn civil service pension fund ABP is willing to operate one or more motorways in the Netherlands as toll roads, its chairman Elco Brinkman said.
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German railways talks to pension funds about buying shares
GERMANY – German national railway operator Deutsche Bahn is holding talks with large pension funds over its planned privatisation – institutional investors could take over as much as 50% of the shares, it was said.
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Germany’s NAEV ups real estate exposure
REAL ESTATE – Germany’s NAEV, a €7.75bn medical pension fund, will expand investments in real estate investment trusts (REITs) and other real estate securities over the next three years, says Hermann Aukamp, NAEV’s director of real estate.
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AP3 taps Aberdeen for €221m in real estate
SWEDEN – AP3, the SEK196.1bn (€21.7bn) Swedish buffer fund Tredje AP-fonden, has appointed Aberdeen Property Investors to build a European real estate equity fund portfolio worth SEK2bn (€221m).
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MEPs’ fund goes into real estate
EUROPE – The €190m (£127.85m) Members of European Parliament Pension Fund is moving away from bonds in favour of euro-zone property to increase the diversification within its portfolio.
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German accountants’ fund to go into alternatives
GERMANY – WPV, an €850m pension fund for chartered accountants, will make inaugural investments in alternative asset classes from 2007, targeting a quota of up to 5%, according to managing director Hans-Wilhelm Korfmacher.
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ABP scales down stake in real estate group
NETHERLANDS - The €201bn civil service pension fund ABP has decreased its majority stake in real estate group Vesteda to 46.7%, Vesteda said.
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Dutch institutions’ raw materials appetite grows
EUROPE – Dutch institutional investors such as pension funds have a growing appetite for raw materials, so far they have invested already around €20bn (£13.5bn) in the asset class reports show.
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Newham fund diverts into infrastructure
REAL ESTATE - The London Borough of Newham pension fund is to invest £30m (€45m) in infrastructure. The investment, which follows a strategic review and is the fund’s first in infrastructure, reflects a desire to influence the beta aspects of the fund and the search for a guaranteed long-term return.
