Real Estate – Page 88
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News
Institutions pull €1.8bn from Schroders
UK – Schroders plc says it lost a net £1.2bn (€1.78bn) in institutional assets under management in the three months to the end of September – although asset management profit and revenue were both up.
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ING’s Central Europe pension assets surge
EUROPE – Dutch banking group ING’s pension fund assets in Central Europe have risen by more than 32% to almost €7bn.
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Double defection blow for PGGM
NETHERLANDS – In a double blow for Dutch healthcare fund PGGM, two senior executives are defecting to Merchant Bank NIBCapital on 1 January 2006.
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IPE Real Estate launches website
GLOBAL – IPE Real Estate, the specialist magazine for institutional investors, has today launched a new website to provide further insight into the fast-growing international real estate investment market place.
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Features
Singapore searches for the 'X-factor'
When asked if Singapore had the “X-factor” of a top-class, world city, many of its urban planners, architects and developers said “no”. They believed that it was nothing more than a “wannabe” in global terms. Nevertheless, as southeast Asia’s most liquid real estate market and the current hub for the ...
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Special Report
Listening to the investors
Corporate governance has been described as the “architecture of accountability”. How satisfied are primary investors with the accountability of real estate managers and their funds? IPE asked several major investors for their views on the subject. Our questions – which were supplied by Jonathan Fenton at law firm DLA ...
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Features
Done deals in London
The property deal-flow in London continues unabated with a number of funds and property companies reporting successful completions. Insight foundation property trust has acquired National Magazine House at 72 Broadwick Street, W1 from Shaftesbury plc for £45m (€66.5m). The price reflects a net initial yield of 5.29%. The property is ...
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Features
Conference illuminates property index
PREA chairman Stephen Furnary opened the combined 2005 Pension Real Estate Association and National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries conference by telling his audience how the event would give them a better understanding of the NCREIF Property Index. He said: “The index allows us to do a better job ...
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Features
How passion becomes performance
The appetite of Dutch investors for real estate opportunities is growing thanks to excellent, stable long-term returns and changes in regulation. We estimate domestic demand could rise by €10bn over the next few years. On top of this, investors from the USA and Germany are now also taking an interest ...
