Real Estate – Page 93
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Steady as she goes in the Midwest
The investment market in North America was nothing less than astounding in 2004 and a competitive buying environment combined with low interest rates has fuelled that trend in 2005 so far. Foreign investors have always had the US on their radar screens, but the investment environment in recent years has ...
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Henderson names Germany sales head
GERMANY - Henderson Global Investors has named Uwe Diehl to head of sales for Germany and Austria.
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Irish, Dutch schemes in German real estate move
GERMANY – Irish and Dutch pension funds are among the backers who’ve put $140m (€116.2m) into a German residential real estate venture called DeWAG.
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Watson’s Urwin doubts hedge fund capacity
GLOBAL – Roger Urwin, global head of investment consulting at Watson Wyatt, says the performance of fund of hedge funds is “in doubt” due to a lack of capacity at some of the managers.
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IPE-QUEST: two new searches on system
GLOBAL – There are two new searches, for offshore property and global emerging markets, on IPE-Quest.
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West Midlands scheme recruiting two managers
UK – The £5.4bn (€8.07bn) West Midlands Pension Fund is looking for two internal equity investment managers following an internal restructuring.
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DeAM loses Lincolnshire brief to Martin Currie
UK – Deutsche Asset Management has lost an active UK equity brief to Martin Currie Investment Management after the £840m (€1.2bn) Lincolnshire County Council pension fund changed its performance target.
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Alecta real estate manager joins Schroders
SWEDEN - The manager of Swedish pension fund Alecta’s European real estate portfolio is leaving to join Schroder Property Investment Management.
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Dutch system seen as global pension leader
NETHERLANDS – “The Dutch pensions industry had come from being a virtually unknown pension power 10 years ago, to being the global pension revolution leader today,” said Keith Ambachtsheer, academic and strategic adviser to pension plans.
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MN Services changes management structure
NETHERLANDS – Dutch pension manager MN Services has named Wouter Pelser as co-head of asset management in a bid to enhance efficiency.
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South Yorkshire scheme loses team member
UK – The South Yorkshire Pensions Authority, which manages £2.7bn (€4bn) of assets, is looking for an investment manager following the departure of one of its six-strong investment team.
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Volkswagen Pension Trust in revamp (Update)
GERMANY - Volkswagen Pension Trust, the pension fund for the German car giant, has completed a sweeping revamp of the way its €1.5bn in pension assets are invested (Updates with clarification, fresh edit).
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Morley to manage €145.3m for Kelda
UK - Morley Fund Management says it has been awarded a £50m (€72.6m) fixed income mandate and a £50m indirect property mandate by Kelda Group Pension Plan.
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Alfred Berg’s Finland MD Koskimies quits
FINLAND – Mikko Koskimies, managing director at ABN Amro’s Alfred Berg Asset Management arm in Finland, has quit with his deputy to join insurance group Pohjola.
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PensionDanmark to build apartments for rent
DENMARK - Danish industry-wide pension fund PensionDanmark is moving into residential property with a three-year programme to build apartments in three areas of Copenhagen.
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Rabobank pension fund yields 9.3%
NETHERLANDS - The pension fund of Dutch financial services group Rabobank made a return of 9.3% in 2004 – the same as 2003.
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Equities forgotten as UK schemes shift €58bn
UK – Equities are becoming the “forgotten asset class” as UK pension schemes shifted £40bn (€58.3bn) out of stocks into bonds last year.
