91ý Retail News – Page 115

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    Indiana PERF searches for core and REIT managers

    2007-10-08T17:29:00Z

    UNITED STATES - The Indiana Public Employees Retirement Fund is now searching for real estate managers for core and REIT strategies through new RFPs.

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    San Diego City targets non-US real estate

    2007-10-08T17:23:00Z

    UNITED STATES - San Diego City Employees Retirement System has approved its first ever targeted allocation for non-United States real estate investments.

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    Pension funds "ready for Russian real estate"

    2007-10-01T16:00:00Z

    RUSSIA - Pension funds – at least Nordic ones – are ready to invest in Russian real estate, having overcome earlier reluctance concerning the complexity of the market, according to Ole Dall-Hansen, chief executive of Aberdeen Property Investors Eastern Europe.

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    Pension funds show distressed debt interest

    2007-09-28T10:00:00Z

    UNITED STATES – US pension funds are considering placing real estate capital into debt strategies on the back of recent market turbulence.

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    New Jersey tries on separates

    2007-09-27T17:00:00Z

    UNITED STATES - The New Jersey Division of Investment is shifting into the use of real estate separate accounts and has hired General Motors Investment Management for a $150m (€106.4m) equity mandate.

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    RREEF expects US cap rates to climb

    2007-09-26T17:00:00Z

    UNITED STATES – RREEF has predicted cap rates on the purchase of existing US properties will rise by 50 basis points by the end of 2007.

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    US pension funds buy opportunity

    2007-09-24T16:35:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Pension funds in the United States are investing more capital into commingled funds with opportunistic investment strategies.

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    Irish pension fund sells retail stores

    2007-09-12T16:45:00Z

    IRELAND – The Irish Property Unit Trust is selling some of its retail investments in Cork and Limerick, as well as an office block in Dublin, to finance its stake in a new Cork retail property project.

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    Pension funds give euro focus to Goodman

    2007-09-11T17:00:00Z

    EUROPE – 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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    Lothian pension tenders its real estate

    2007-09-10T15:00:00Z

    UK – Lothian pension fund is reviewing its real estate investment manager and searching for a firm to handle the fund’s asset allocation.

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    US pensions follow Mexican residential trail

    2007-09-10T13:00:00Z

    UNITED STATES - More pension fund capital is being ploughed into the Mexican real estate market and heading for retail and ‘single family home’ developments, according to property investment firm ING Clarion.

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    ECP to extend retail centres

    2007-09-10T12:30:00Z

    EUROPE - The €2.2bn investor EuroCommercial Properties is increasingly focusing on extending its existing centres to improve its competitive position in a pressured property markets.

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    North Dakota State shifts core capital to value-added

    2007-09-03T17:00:00Z

    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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    Carrefour to spin off property

    2007-09-03T17:00:00Z

    FRANCE - French retailer Carrefour is to offer 20% of its €24bn property portfolio to “strategic institutional real estate partners” and other investors, including pension funds.

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    Corio to divest office and industrial portfolios

    2007-09-03T17:00:00Z

    EUROPE - The €6bn property investment company Corio has decided to explore the divestment of a major part of its offices and industrial portfolios, and to further focus on its retail activities.

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    Unibail-Rodamco prepares post-merger management

    2007-08-27T17:00:00Z

    NETHERLANDS - Unibail-Rodamco is almost ready to announce its top 50 management structure as its integration efforts are now on track, the €23.9bn property investor has said.

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    Low returns fail to deter core pension fund investors

    2007-08-27T17:00:00Z

    UNITED STATES – 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.