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Wisconsin State Investment Board drops domestic REIT managers
GLOBAL 鈥� The Wisconsin State Investment Board has dropped AEW Capital Management and Heitman as domestic REIT managers to adopt a more "global perspective".
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BPF Bouw opens Dutch portfolio to other pension funds
NETHERLANDS 鈥� BPF Bouw, the pension fund for Dutch construction workers, will offer other pension funds access to its 鈧�4bn domestic real estate portfolio so it can increase its weighting to global property markets.
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No risk of major crash in Chinese property market, says Henderson
GLOBAL 鈥� The Chinese real estate market may be surging, but it is at no risk of crashing and burning, according to Henderson Global Investors.
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Swiss pension funds to invest in India and Japan this year
GLOBAL 鈥� AFIAA, the global property investor owned by 18 Swiss pension funds, is aiming to make real estate investments in Japan and India before the end of 2010.
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Barings: China will tread carefully on real estate market
CHINA 鈥� The Chinese government will continue to tread cautiously over policy measures aimed at cooling the real estate market amid the near-certain postponement of a property tax originally scheduled for introduction this month, according to Barings.
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Emerging markets to lead revival of luxury retail sector, says Colliers
GLOBAL 鈥� Rents in the luxury retail sector are set to increase in the near term after a two-year hiatus, according to Colliers International.
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US and Ireland set for spike in distressed sales
GLOBAL 鈥� Ireland and the US are expected to see a significant increase in distressed real estate sales in the short term, according to research from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
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Listed timber fund grows Chinese exposure
CHINA 鈥� A London-listed timber vehicle funded mostly by UK and European pension schemes is acquiring Chinese assets in a bid to build up a significant market-specific portfolio.
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Global forecast confirms two-tier trend
GLOBAL 鈥� The forecast for Europe is cautious, for the US better, and for some of Asia the best of all, according to Jones Lang LaSalle's (JLL) quarterly Global Market Perspective.
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Chinese property policies carry 鈥榓 big if鈥�
CHINA 鈥� The Chinese government鈥檚 attempts to contain a property price bubble could impact overseas joint-venture investors, according to a China-based economist.
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GIC 鈥榳ill not list鈥� real estate portfolio
GLOBAL 鈥� GIC鈥檚 European head of real estate today denied reports that Singapore鈥檚 largest sovereign wealth fund (SWF) plans to list its real estate portfolio. However, he did not deny that the fund could list a portion of it.
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Gulf states have 鈥榯oo much supply, too little cash鈥� 鈥� Moody鈥檚
MIDDLE EAST 鈥� Rating agency Moody鈥檚 today blamed oversupply and lack of property finance for an 18-month negative outlook for real estate markets in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states.
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Canada Pension Plan steps up global spending spree
GLOBAL 鈥� Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has made its first ever investment in Manhattan through a joint venture with SL Green Realty Corporation, and established an Australian real estate development fund with Goodman Group.
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MagazineBringing it all back home
Asian investors are looking to neighbouring markets to plug the regional gap left by overseas capital. Shayla Walmsley reports
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MagazineOffice lights shining
Office markets in Singapore, Sydney and Shanghai offer particularly good prospects for investors, says Charlie Huang
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MagazineUrban realities
The world鈥檚 fastest changing residential real estate markets are in Asia, as Tim Bellman and Shane Taylor report
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Chinese investors buy back residential after pricing policy move
CHINA - A group of Chinese investors has acquired a prime serviced residential block in Shanghai from SEB Asset Management (SEBAM)鈥檚 Asian property SICAV 鈥� the latest deal in a trend for Asian investors to replace capital from European and US pension funds.
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Cooper joins Townsend to attack European and Asian markets
GLOBAL 鈥� Former ING Real Estate Select CEO Nick Cooper has joined The Townsend Group as part of a push to develop the group鈥檚 multi-manager business in Europe and Asia.
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European pension funds retrench as Korea looks westward
ASIA-PACIFIC 鈥� Local investors will replace US and European pension funds in Asia within 10 years, the Asian Public Real Estate Association (APREA) conference heard last week.
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ING REIM steps in to rescue Creed fund
ASIA 鈥� ING Real Estate Investment Management has taken over as general partner (GP) at an Asian real estate fund for the second time in 12 months.
