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Foreign institutional investors are keen on acquiring more Australian core office assets. [ Content protected for Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute Standard subscribers only. Please subscribe to view content. ]

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) is committing to a 50% share in the £150 million first phase of the £1 billion Paradise Birmingham development. [ Content protected for Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute Standard subscribers only. Please subscribe to view content. ]

Morgan Stanley announced they raised US$ 3.6 billion for its second infrastructure fund called North Haven Infrastructure Partners II (NHIP II). [ Content protected for Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute Standard subscribers only. Please subscribe to view content. ]

Douglas Emmett, Inc., a real estate investment trust (REIT), in a joint venture with the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), purchased a 1,725,000 square foot office portfolio. [ Content protected for Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute Standard subscribers only. Please subscribe to view content. ]

Norway is in Spend Mode Norway’s Ministry of Finance plans to not have a tighter budget for 2016. The country is also looking to tap into its massive sovereign wealth funds, Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG). For 2017, there could even be a larger cash exodus from the wealth fund. Norway’s government has pushed […]

Wren House Infrastructure Management Limited, the sovereign wealth enterprise of the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA), along with Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP), Borealis Infrastructure (a unit of OMERS) and, the Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo), won a bid to acquire the company that owns and operates London City Airport for approximately £2 billion (US$ 2.8 […]

The greater Paris region is home to one of the largest clusters of office space. [ Content protected for Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute Standard subscribers only. Please subscribe to view content. ]

The Dutch have been eager to return to India, this time for Indian real estate. In 2012, APG committed capital to a real estate investment platform managed by Mumbai-based Godrej Properties Ltd., the real estate development arm of the Godrej. [ Content protected for Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute Standard subscribers only. Please subscribe to view […]

Global logistical properties in Asia are in high demand by mega asset owners as supply chains modernize. The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and Global Logistics Properties (GLP) formed a 50:50 joint venture called GLP Japan Development Venture II, with total equity commitments of 100 billion JPY (US$ 873 million). [ Content protected for […]

Silicon Valley real estate has attracted gulf sovereign wealth capital over the years. The epicenter of technology wealth also has issues with affordable housing. [ Content protected for Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute Standard subscribers only. Please subscribe to view content. ]

The Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation (APFC) has been expanding its real estate portfolio across Europe. [ Content protected for Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute Standard subscribers only. Please subscribe to view content. ]

Sovereign wealth funds have not given up on Brazil, especially when there are distressed sellers entangled in political intrigue. These public institutional investors are seeking opportunities within the Latin American giant. [ Content protected for Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute Standard subscribers only. Please subscribe to view content. ]

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has been looking outside of London for real estate opportunities. Regional markets in England have been on the radar for large foreign asset owners such as CPPIB and Singapore’s GIC Private Limited. [ Content protected for Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute Standard subscribers only. Please subscribe to view content. […]

The State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ) began its initial phase in real estate investing by going direct. [ Content protected for Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute Standard subscribers only. Please subscribe to view content. ]

Increasingly, Asian institutional investors are looking overseas to enhance returns, especially in real estate. [ Content protected for Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute Standard subscribers only. Please subscribe to view content. ]

Global asset owners such as Canadian pensions and sovereign wealth funds are acquiring and getting exposure to logistic properties. [ Content protected for Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute Standard subscribers only. Please subscribe to view content. ]

Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC), through its unit QIC Global Real Estate, is expanding its U.S. mall strategy by allocating another US$ 750 million. [ Content protected for Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute Standard subscribers only. Please subscribe to view content. ]

Lennar Corporation and Miami-based Codina Partners won a bid over a number of suitors including Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump’s company in acquiring a 130-acre property that was sold by Singapore’s GIC Private Limited for over US$ 100 million. [ Content protected for Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute Standard subscribers only. Please subscribe to view content. […]

Dutch pension fund PGGM joined a consortium to invest in a €230 million infrastructure project in Ireland. [ Content protected for Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute Standard subscribers only. Please subscribe to view content. ]

AustralianSuper is keen on expanding its international real estate profile. AustralianSuper boosted its ownership in the King’s Cross Central Partnership (KCCLP), a central London development, for £371 million. [ Content protected for Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute Standard subscribers only. Please subscribe to view content. ]