91传媒在线 Residential News 鈥� Page 137
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Local authority funds urged to invest in housing
UK 鈥� A real estate debt specialist has slated UK local authority pension funds for failing to invest in domestic social housing.
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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.
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CalPERS takes social action to protect rent rates for lower-income households
UNITED STATES 鈥� The California Public Employees鈥� Retirement System (CalPERS) is seeking to prohibit excessive rent increases and involuntary displacement of low-income households in its US multi-family residential investments.
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UK residential returns outperformed commercial property - IPD
UK 鈥� Investment grade residential real estate in the UK has outperformed commercial property in the country over the past three, five and nine years, and delivered a double digit total return of 11% in 2009, according to International Property Databank (IPD).
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Spain tops the losses for IPD European returns
EUROPE 鈥� Spain experienced its second consecutive year of negative commercial real estate returns in 2009, while Germany and Switzerland remained relatively stable over the same 12-month period, according to Investment Property Databank (IPD).
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Rothschild Realty sees fresh prospects for US housing
UNITED STATES - Rothschild Realty Managers has made a $100m (鈧�74.9m) equity investment with Summit Housing Partners based in Montgomery, Alabama, on the back of renewed confidence in the housing market.
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Ireland鈥檚 NAMA takes on property-backed 'bad bank' loans
IRELAND 鈥� The Irish government has confirmed its National Asset Management Agency (NAMA), or so-called 鈥榖ad bank鈥�, has started to take 鈧�16bn worth of troubled real estate loans on to its books.
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Illinois State to boost real estate holdings by $300m
UNITED STATES - Illinois State Board of Investment has approved plans to invest $300m (鈧�223.1m) in real estate in 2010.
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Pension funds maintain German real estate security
GERMANY 鈥� Total returns for German real estate declined for the second consecutive year, but pension funds in the country have continued to focus heavily on their domestic market because it 鈥渇eels safer鈥�, according to a leading pension fund manager.
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BRIC-built recovery expected - JLL
GLOBAL 鈥� The BRIC countries will lead the global real estate market recovery as their economic expansion boosts occupier demand across all sectors and cross-border investment returns, according to Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL).
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Arizona Public Safety takes opportunistic strategy in real estate
UNITED STATES - Arizona Public Safety Retirement System intends to make at least two more real estate commitments to commingled funds by investing through a US opportunistic strategy in 2010.
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Hamborner resurrects German listed real estate with Reit move
GERMANY 鈥� Hamborner has become the third real estate company in Germany to convert to a real estate investment trust (REIT) status, prompting speculation that the country鈥檚 REIT may finally start to grow.
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ING Clarion deal signals market re-entry
UNITED STATES- ING Clarion Partners has shown its belief in the comeback of the real estate market and made its first acquisition in over two years for the Clarion Development Ventures III commingled fund.
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Wisconsin eyes debt as part of $250m signing
UNITED STATES 鈥� The State of Wisconsin Investment Board is in process with making new investments in real estate totalling $250m (鈧�183.9m).
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Mass PRIM to invest $1bn in 2010
UNITED STATES - Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board has approved its 2010 annual real estate investment plan and could allocate as much as $1bn (鈧�729.7m) to the asset class over the next 12 months.
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Ohio PERS eyes apartments and mortgages
UNITED STATES 鈥� The Ohio Public Employees Retirement System has issued Requests for Information (RFI) concerning separate account managers working in the residential apartments and first mortgage loan portfolios space.
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UK pension funds to invest in real estate recovery
UK 鈥� Aviva Investors has raised 拢200m (鈧�226m) from a number of UK local authority and corporate pension schemes for a new fund designed to capitalise on the market recovery in the UK but without using gearing.
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UK to discuss next step to residential investing
UK 鈥� The UK government will launch a consultation in 2010 on the private rented residential sector, which has been attracting interest from institutional fund managers and pension funds.
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Orion鈥檚 Europe III captures 鈧�1bn
EUROPE 鈥� Orion Capital Managers has closed the capital raising programme for its latest European opportunity fund, breaking its publicly-stated fundraising target of 鈧�1bn.
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CalPERS endures fresh $4.2bn real estate hit
UNITED STATES 鈥� The California Public Employees Retirement System has revealed it suffered a $4.2bn (鈧�2.82bn) loss on its real estate portfolio during the second quarter of 2009.
