All articles by Richard Lowe – Page 70

  • News

    Thursday people roundup

    2010-12-16T16:45:00Z

    GLOBAL – Valad, Asia Property Fund, SEGRO, Henderson Global Investors, Bouwfonds REIM, Urban Land Institute, UBS Global Asset Management, Scottish Widows Investment Partnership

  • News

    Thursday people roundup

    2010-12-16T16:45:00Z

    GLOBAL – Valad, Asia Property Fund, SEGRO, Henderson Global Investors, Bouwfonds REIM, Urban Land Institute, UBS Global Asset Management, Scottish Widows Investment Partnership

  • News

    Thursday people roundup

    2010-12-16T16:00:00Z

    GLOBAL – Valad, Asia Property Fund, SEGRO, Henderson Global Investors, Bouwfonds REIM, Urban Land Institute, UBS Global Asset Management, Scottish Widows Investment Partnership

  • News

    Thursday people roundup

    2010-12-16T15:45:00Z

    GLOBAL – Valad, Asia Property Fund, SEGRO, Henderson Global Investors, Bouwfonds REIM, Urban Land Institute, UBS Global Asset Management, Scottish Widows Investment Partnership

  • News

    Less than a third of funds report TER, INREV finds

    2010-12-16T15:45:00Z

    EUROPE – Less than a third of European non-listed real estate funds report total expense ratios (TER) to their investors, according to industry body INREV.

  • News

    INREV: Positive capital growth returns to continental Europe

    2010-12-16T15:45:00Z

    EUROPE – The European Association for Investors in Non-listed Real Estate Vehicles (INREV) has measured positive capital growth across the continental European property markets for the first time since 2007.

  • News

    CalPERS combines property, infrastructure and forestry in allocation overhaul

    2010-12-16T15:45:00Z

    UNITED STATES – The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) has placed real estate, infrastructure and forestry in a ‘real’ assets bucket as part of an overhaul of its asset allocation strategy.

  • News

    Two JPMorgan Asset Management funds in €657m London office deal

    2010-12-16T15:45:00Z

    UK – JPMorgan Asset Management (JPMAM) has acquired Bishops Square in London for £557m (€657m) for two of its institutional funds, highlighting continued demand for prime real estate in the capital.

  • News

    BT Pension Scheme lands Heathrow industrial estates

    2010-12-13T15:30:00Z

    UK – The BT Pension Scheme has acquired an industrial real estate portfolio near Heathrow airport for £79.25m (€93.8m) from European developer SEGRO.

  • News

    Morgan Stanley opportunity fund extends debt lifeline to hotel owner

    2010-12-13T14:45:00Z

    EUROPE – A global opportunity fund run by Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing has provided €150m in mezzanine financing to BRE/Hospitality Europe Holding, an owner of a European hotel portfolio.

  • News

    HOOPP makes first direct purchase outside Canada

    2010-12-13T14:30:00Z

    GLOBAL – The Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) has made its first direct real estate investment outside Canada by acquiring a 50% stake in the Crown Estate's St James's Gateway development in London.

  • News

    Lend Lease provides PGGM with direct infrastructure exposure

    2010-12-13T13:00:00Z

    EUROPE – Dutch pension fund asset manager PGGM has committed £220m (€262m) in capital to become the principal investor in a joint venture with Lend Lease targeting social infrastructure in the UK.

  • News

    AP1 real estate company to invest €770m in property

    2010-12-13T11:15:00Z

    SWEDEN – Första AP-fonden (AP1), Sweden's first national buffer fund, has created a new real estate company and will acquire more than SEK7bn (€767m) in domestic property assets.

  • News

    Invesco begins US acquisition trail for German investors

    2010-12-09T15:30:00Z

    GLOBAL – Invesco Real Estate has made its first acquisitions in the US for German institutional investors in its MEAG US Immobilien Fonds IV.

  • Analysis: The trouble with Germany's open-ended funds
    Analysis

    Analysis: The trouble with Germany's open-ended funds

    2010-12-09T14:45:00Z

    GERMANY – The German government is doing its utmost to rescue the country's open-ended real estate funds from their current liquidity crisis and enable the sector to operate on a sustainable basis.

  • News

    Thursday people roundup

    2010-12-09T12:00:00Z

    GLOBAL – Investment Property Databank, Cushman & Wakefield, IC Immobilien Service, Knight Frank, BNP Real Estate, Grosvenor Fund Management, Browne Jacobson

  • News

    Thursday people roundup

    2010-12-02T15:30:00Z

    GLOBAL – Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, Corio, Aviva Investors, Apollo Global Management, Madison International, CB Richard Ellis, Cushman & Wakefield, SEB Asset Management

  • News

    F&C REIT raises €240m for German retail acquisitions

    2010-12-02T15:15:00Z

    GERMANY – F&C REIT Asset Management in Germany is looking to invest as much as €240m in German retail properties having raised capital for a new real estate fund and a segregated account with a German pension fund.

  • News

    USS adds Savoy House to burgeoning UK portfolio

    2010-12-02T13:00:00Z

    UK – The Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) has resumed its acquisition programme in the UK with the purchase of Savoy Court in the West End of London for £45.5m (€53.9m).

  • News

    GI Partners, RREEF to take over CalPERS logistics

    2010-12-02T12:30:00Z

    GLOBAL – GI Partners and RREEF are to take over the management of The California Public Employees' Retirement System's (CalPERS) $2.5bn (€1.9bn) global industrial real estate portfolio from incumbent manager LaSalle Investment Management.