An €8.5bn French civil service pension fund will reportedly invest €100m per year in commercial real estate in France, in an attempt to diversify the fund.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The vice president of Canadian pension Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System Philip Haggerty said there is a need for American institutions to make large real estate and infrastructure investments directly, and that Canada is ‘opening the door for partnership’.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The global placement agent has launched a platform to help managers raise RMB funds and has hired Eric Gu from China’s National Social Security Fund to lead the effort.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
French and German foreign minsters have come out strongly against the ‘third country’ rules in the latest draft of the proposed EU regulations.
3 min read · 24 January 2013
Nicholas Wong, managing director for Asia Pacific of ING Real Estate Select, the multi manager business of ING Real Estate Investment Management, has resigned from his position as the division’s restructuring leads to the consolidation of its Asia offices.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The New York-based private equity and real estate giant has drafted in ex-HBOS head of real estate, Nick Robinson, as an advisor as it seeks to unlock investments in the UK.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
LPs speaking at a conference, including the CIO of CalPERS and the CEO for Guggenheim Partners Asset Management, noted obstacles they have faced including high fees and discerning what is 'simply leveraged beta'.
3 min read · 24 January 2013
Richard Cohen has joined the New York-based firm as managing director to help the real estate investment firm raise capital from US investors.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The pension’s CIO Joseph Dear said LPs that can 'stick together' in the face of GP opposition will be able to win more LP-friendly terms.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The Japanese firm has sold shares worth ¥10 billion in ailing Daiei to Deutsche Securities, the investment arm of Deutsche Bank.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
