26 Aug 2010 15:43 GMT Prudential Real Estate Investors was one of four real estate firms seeking to raise $1.3bn from Mexican pensions via the country’s stock exchange. The other firms included AMB Properties, Artha Capital and Mexico Retail Properties ...more>>
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05 Aug 2010 23:19 GMT The New York City public pension system has terminated its $75m relationship with the Emerald Infrastructure Development Fund, a Northern Ireland-focused fund run by a rock salt company executive. The fund has since been dissolved, according to a spokesperson. ...more>>
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20 Jul 2010 10:39 GMT The Korea Investment Corporation has appointed Swiss-based alternatives firm Partners Group to help it invest in private real estate strategies...more>>
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16 Jul 2010 19:29 GMT Orin Kramer, chairman of the New Jersey's state investment council, urged council members to lift the 28% cap on alternatives. The proposal comes just as New Jersey is said to be mulling a 3% to 5% allocation to infrastructure....more>>
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13 Jul 2010 12:27 GMT Financial services firm Towers Watson said following a recent report regarding pension fund investments in alternative asset classes that investors should pay ‘careful attention to the net of fees proposition, in particular for infrastructure’....more>>
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09 Jul 2010 15:49 GMT The $132bn pension plans on hiring additional investment staff, a consultant, legal counsel and ‘independent’ fund managers to help it fulfill its ambition of becoming a ‘world class infrastructure investor’, according to a business plan. The pension has up to $3.5bn to invest in the asset class....more>>
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08 Jul 2010 10:37 GMT The Singaporean sovereign wealth fund registered a portfolio value of S$186bn at 31 March 2010. Asia, and other growth markets including Latin America, remains its key investment focus for the next ten years....more>>
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04 Jul 2010 16:45 GMT The Marguerite fund has set itself the ambitious task of supporting European Union infrastructure policy objectives while telling investors it will deploy capital according to market principles. Bruno Alves asks Nicolas Merigo and his senior team how they plan to reconcile these seemingly different objectives. ...more>>
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29 Jun 2010 23:28 GMT The government has eliminated its previous 5%, 15% and 25% cap on pension plan investments in real estate and Canadian resource properties, with expectations the rule could result in rising allocations to the asset class....more>>
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29 Jun 2010 13:24 GMT As the US Congress prepares for a final vote this week on plans to limit banks involvement with alternative investment funds, industry professionals admit the regulations are unlikely to come into effect for more than a decade – but could significantly lower bank co-investment in alternative vehicles when they do....more>>
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