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Land investment is the new real estate
UNITED STATES - Real estate managers are investing in land as a new specialist investment strategy.
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Investors turn to active management
EUROPE - Investors will increasingly opt for active management as 鈥渋ndiscriminate yield compression鈥� in Europe ends, according to Aberdeen Property Investors.
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San Bernardino eyes structured finance over Asia
UNITED STATES - San Bernardino County Employees鈥� Retirement Association has expanded its real estate investment program to the Asian markets for the first time by investing $40m (鈧�28.9m) in two commingled funds but is now turning attention to the structured finance sector.
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Montana State grows international focus
UNITED STATES - Montana State Board of Investment has increased its exposure to international real estate with committing capital to two new commingled funds.
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Sacramento County eyes REITs and value-added
UNITED STATES - Sacramento County Employees Retirement System is expected to discuss two additional real estate investment strategies at its board meeting in October which could see the fund invest a further $125m (鈧�90.6m).
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McGuire swaps Edinburgh for London
UK 鈥� AXA Real Estate Investment Managers has persuaded Standard Life Investment鈥檚 Martin McGuire to leave his property remit at the life office and head up one of its core-plus propositions.
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Pension funds give euro focus to Goodman
EUROPE 鈥� Asset management firm Goodman Property Investors has picked up a series of new European real estate mandates from pension funds in recent months, the latest of which is from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK).
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Finland remains 'Nordic property capital'
FINLAND - Finnish real estate still offers pension funds credible property investment opportunities despite the small size of the market, according to Aberdeen fund manager Pertti Verhanen.
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Lothian pension tenders its real estate
UK 鈥� Lothian pension fund is reviewing its real estate investment manager and searching for a firm to handle the fund鈥檚 asset allocation.
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US pensions follow Mexican residential trail
UNITED STATES - More pension fund capital is being ploughed into the Mexican real estate market and heading for retail and 鈥榮ingle family home鈥� developments, according to property investment firm ING Clarion.
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Indiana State seeks overseas opportunities
UNITED STATES - Indiana State Teachers Retirement System will be looking at investing around $200m (鈧�147m) into a new real estate strategy that will include international and opportunistic investments.
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North Dakota State shifts core capital to value-added
UNITED STATES - North Dakota State Investment Board has decided to move a portion of its capital originally invested in core real estate and move it into the value-added real estate bucket.
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San Joaquin County considers real estate rise
UNITED STATES - San Joaquin County Employees鈥� Retirement Association is thinking of increasing its exposure to real estate to as much as a tenth of its assets.
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CalPERS and MacFarlane bet big on the capitol
UNITED STATES - California Public Employees Retirement System and MacFarlane Partners have formed a venture which could build a real estate portfolio worth $10bn (鈧�7.3bn) in the greater Washington DC region.
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ABP to sell office fund KFN
NETHERLANDS - The 鈧�211bn civil service scheme ABP is considering selling at least part of its offices investment fund KFN, in order to further diversify its overall portfolio.
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TIAA-CREF sales push draws Alaska hire
UNITED STATES - TIAA-CREF Asset Management has signaled plans for a major institutional business drive with the expansion of its sales team and three key appointments.
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CPP acquires Euro logistics
CANADA - The C$120bn (鈧�83.5bn) Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has invested 鈧�400m in European distribution via a fund set up by US logistics firm ProLogis.
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Virginia adds to global REIT trend
UNITED STATES 鈥� Over $1bn (鈧�750m) of pension funds has been committed to global REITs strategies over the last two weeks, following Virginia Retirement System鈥檚 decision to invest new money.
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Low returns fail to deter core pension fund investors
UNITED STATES 鈥� Some US pension funds are still willing to invest a portion of their capital in core real estate despite returns being at an all-time low, according to consultants Townsend Group.
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Ohio PERS to sell $1bn in real estate
UNITED STATES 鈥� Strong interest in real estate acquisitions has promoted Ohio Public Employees Retirement System to spend the remainder of 2007 working on the sale of $1bn (鈧�741.2m) in real estate assets.
