A new £1 billion fund launch underlines how senior property debt funds targeting Europe are all the rage currently.
3 min read · 17 January 2013
The $24.7bn pension system will issue separate requests-for-proposals for a real estate consultant and an alternatives consultant, with plans to award new contracts by the end of the year.
1 min read · 17 January 2013
The Stockholm-based firm reveals it has raised its largest Nordic opportunistic fund since it started in 1998, despite the ‘challenging’ fundraising environment, smashing its original €600m target.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The investment management subsidiary of the US insurer has set aside an initial pool of $100 million to establish a programme to support real estate and private equity firms with strong women and minority participation as part of an overall companywide diversity initiative.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Karsten Kallevig, chief investment officer for real estate at Norges Bank Investment Management, told an audience in London last night how the NOK3,494 billion sovereign wealth fund does not want to see its equity returned in five years, thereby excluding opportunity funds from its initial investment thesis.
3 min read · 17 January 2013
The $126 billion pension system has made a sizable commitment to BREP VII as part of its overall goal of committing $6 billion to alternative investments over the next three years..
1 min read · 17 January 2013
The London-based insurer becomes the latest non-bank to lend on real estate investments with a £121m loan to UNITE Group, the UK’s largest developer and manager of student accommodation.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
In its first full year of owning investment properties, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s $320 billion Exchange Fund saw its value dip as it revealed its overall annual return had dropped by more than two-thirds also.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The investment management subsidiary of the US insurance company has allocated capital to core real estate vehicles sponsored by Morgan Stanley, Clarion and Invesco as it pursues an income-focused real estate strategy.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Investors at the PERE Global Investor Forum 2012 in Los Angeles spoke about pursuing more tailored options for deploying their capital in the asset class. Many GPs are paying attention. Those still not, should be.
3 min read · 17 January 2013
