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SWFs in real estate

The 800-pound gorilla of the real estate market, sovereign wealth funds, is increasingly exercising its muscle by investing directly in property as a way of cutting fees and potentially achieving better returns, new research finds. The latest snapshot of sovereign wealth funds’ interest in property by alternative-asset researcher Preqin shows that 85 per cent of […]
SAM RILEYApril 11, 2012
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Top1000funds.com audience using social media for business

Thank you to all our readers who responded to the Top1000funds.com Audience Behaviour Survey. The survey’s overall aim was to allow us to better tailor our portfolio of products and events to you our readers. Some of the interesting findings included that our typical reader is aged between 41 and 50 and earns between $96,000 […]
SAM RILEYApril 4, 2012
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Global property lures investors

Property investors should look beyond the current languid growth in developed market economies and position their portfolios for a recovery in the world economy in 2013 and 2014, Mark Roberts the global head of RREEF Real Estate says. Roberts, who also chairs the National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries (NCREIF), points to initial yield […]
SAM RILEYApril 4, 2012
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Why Global Investment Matters

The recent rally on global markets does not mean that the risk environment has abated Towers Watson’s global head of investment Carl Hess has warned. Speaking from New York prior to the launch of the consultant’s report Global Investment Matters, Hess says that while the risk of the imminent collapse of financial markets has lessened, […]
SAM RILEYApril 4, 2012
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Maryland boldly seeks return to full funding

Tackling the 65-per-cent-funded status of the Maryland State Retirement and Pension System has resulted in the bold political move to boost employee contributions while a long-term plan to increase allocations to private markets is part of a push to hit the system’s 7.75-per-cent-return target. The system is more than 10 per cent below the average […]
SAM RILEYApril 4, 2012
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Extracting value from managers

Three funds find effective ways to get better value from staff, co-investment and private markets. The Danish ATP, Australian Sunsuper and the Teachers Retirement System of Texas are among the funds looking at innovative ways to extract value and interact with the managers of their private equity allocations. Institutional investors are increasingly seeking new ways […]
SAM RILEYMarch 30, 2012
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