There are increasing signs that Swiss pensions funds are beginning to seek improved risk-adjusted returns by investing abroad as Pensimo Management selects Partners Group for global value-added and opportunistic mandate.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
Competition for core assets is pushing prices higher and cap rates down, however with little prospect for growth is the sector becoming increasingly risky?
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The London-based European private equity real estate firm says it is focusing on small-to-medium sized properties in order to deliver net returns of 13% per year.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
Quick turnaround as Stenham Property exits an empty Central London office investment after refurbishing it and securing a letting
1 min read · 24 January 2013
The Boston-based real estate firm expects to formally close the vehicle at the end of the year close to $250m, targeting office, medical office and light industrial in metropolitan areas in the East US.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
The 11 shops have been sold to a German pharmaceutical pension fund for just over €58 million.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
As the US property market continues to deteriorate, research by fund manager RREEF reveals that value-added and opportunistic strategies should be treated with ‘caution’. However, desperate sellers will produce ‘attractive opportunities’ for some.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
The popularity of value-added funds has declined by more than a quarter among European investors in the past year, according to an industry report. However core funds are in the ascendency while demand for opportunity funds remains stable.
2 min read · 21 January 2013
AEW Europe has sold an asset in Hamburg acquired for its €759m European Property Investors fund, the predecessor to its second opportunity fund, which raised €788m last year.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
The private equity real estate firm, which last year hired 10 RREEF executives, is targeting IRRs of 16% for its first value-added fund. The firm has also just refinanced a mixed-use redevelopment joint venture in New Jersey for $70m.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
