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AIP closes €127m Japan exit to UnionThe fund management arm of Keppel Land has made a more than 20 percent IRR from the fifth sale from its Alpha Asia Macro Trends Fund.
- Euro investors adopting 'alternative' strategies
The latest investment study by Union Investment reveals that investors are still seeking a safe home for their capital, but some are accepting greater risks such as shorter leases.
- Germany’s Union backs Metzler with $350m core mandate
The giant German asset manager is adding to its backing of Seattle-based Metzler Real Estate with a mandate to acquire core real estate in a range of US markets.
- Friday Letter Dealing with the aftershock
A week after Japan’s ‘big one’ finally arrived, the human catastrophe is as yet unmeasured. Still, in the long term, international investors should not turn their backs on the country.
- Deka buys NYC office for $123.2m
The German open-ended fund continues its acquisition spree, snapping up the 292,000 sq. ft. midtown office, 19 West 44th St, from SL Green, which the REIT originally bought for $67m in 2004.
- Union returns to US market
After a two-year hiatus, the German real estate investment management firm is once again targeting the US office market acquiring the headquarters of German car manufacturer Volkswagen for an estimated $100m.
- Union Investment makes first Japan office buy
Germany’s open-ended funds are flexing their muscles again in global property markets, providing added competition to unlisted real estate funds.
- Pirelli, Morgan Stanley sell German shopping centre in Germany’s biggest deal of the year
The joint venture between Italy’s Pirelli Real Estate and New York-based Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing has sold the Mercado shopping centre in Hamburg for €164 million to Union Investment, the German open-ended real estate fund manager.
- German investors account for 30% cross-border acquisitions
The country is the most active “exporter” of real estate investment capital to date in 2009, according to Real Capital Analytics. Global transaction volumes in 2Q were an estimated $48.6bn – almost level with 1Q. Plateau has been reached but 'no recovery in sight'.
- Dealing with the aftershock
A week after Japan’s ‘big one’ finally arrived, the human catastrophe is as yet unmeasured. Still, in the long term, international investors should not turn their backs on the country.