Real estate
Eager Davis: Manager hiring volume flat; alts and real estate gain
U.S. institutional investment manager hires were down a mere 0.5% in 2011, but total dollars placed increased by 13%, with alternatives and real estate seeing the largest jumps, according to a report ...
February 03, 2012 | 04:01 pm
UTIMCO adds investments, commitments totaling $1.45 billion
University of Texas Investment Management Co., Austin, invested or committed a total of $1.449 billion to new and existing external money managers and redeemed an aggregate $708 million in the three...
February 03, 2012 | 03:48 pm
Devon County Council Pension Fund taps Aviva Investors for real estate
Devon County Council Pension Fund, Exeter, England, hired Aviva Investors to manage a £145 million ($229 million) real estate fund of funds.
February 03, 2012 | 01:10 pm
Ohio Highway Patrol whittles timber manager hopefuls
Ohio State Highway Patrol Retirement System named three finalists in its search for a timber manager to run about $29 million.
January 27, 2012 | 02:20 pm
Ohio Police & Fire to add to private equity investments
Ohio Police & Fire Pension Fund plans to commit an additional $200 million to private equity in 2012 to get closer to its target allocation of 7%.
January 26, 2012 | 11:22 am
Torchlight Investors selects SVP for loan origination, acquisition
Michael Butz joined U.S. real estate investment firm Torchlight Investors as senior vice president, loan origination and acquisition.
January 25, 2012 | 03:12 pm
PennSERS books 1st investment with ValStone real estate fund
Pennsylvania State Employees' Retirement System committed up to $20 million to real estate fund ValStone Opportunity Fund V.
January 25, 2012 | 03:03 pm
CalPERS sells off 20% of residential real estate portfolio
CalPERS sold its interest in a portfolio of 28 housing communities to Nash-Newland, a joint venture between North America Sekisui House and Newland Real Estate Group.
January 18, 2012 | 02:25 pm
Jacksonville City pension fund to seek real estate and real asset managers
Jacksonville (Fla.) City Retirement System plans to search for value-added and opportunistic real estate and real asset managers in the second half of 2012.
January 17, 2012 | 03:55 pm
Michigan Municipal seeks manager for in-state real estate
Michigan Municipal Employees' Retirement System is searching for a manager to run $130 million in private real estate investments in Michigan.
January 12, 2012 | 04:13 pm
Florida State Board commits $555 million to 5 funds
Florida State Board of Administration, Tallahassee, committed a total of $555 million to five private equity and real estate partnerships.
January 11, 2012 | 03:55 pm
Carlyle closes 6th U.S. real estate fund
Carlyle Realty Partners VI, a $2.34 billion U.S. real estate fund managed by Carlyle Group, has been closed.
January 05, 2012 | 03:41 pm
GIC affiliate, Canadian pension fund to buy majority stake in Charter Hall REIT
An affiliate of the $247.5 billion Government of Singapore Investment Corp. and a Canadian pension fund signed a binding agreement to pay A$1.2 billion ($1.2 billion) for most of Charter Hall Office...
January 03, 2012 | 09:36 am
Florida State Board seeks to fill vacant real estate portfolio manager post
Florida State Board of Administration is searching for a portfolio manager for real estate to replace Lynn Gray, who was promoted.
December 29, 2011 | 04:15 pm
Kentucky Retirement Systems commits up to $440 million
Kentucky Retirement Systems committed a total of up to $440 million in real return, real estate and private equity investments.