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California State Employees Bet On China Real Estate

More ‘Green Shoots’ In China Kenneth Rapoza Contributor China Skyline Getting Bigger, More Skyscrapers Than USA Kenneth Rapoza Contributor How awful is China real estate? Apparently not bad enough. CalPers, the pension fund for California state employees, pledged to invest … Continue reading

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California Teachers Bet On China Real Estate

More ‘Green Shoots’ In China Kenneth Rapoza Contributor China Skyline Getting Bigger, More Skyscrapers Than USA Kenneth Rapoza Contributor How awful is China real estate? Apparently not bad enough. CalPers, the pension fund for California state teachers, pledged to invest … Continue reading

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Singapore’s ARA Asset raises nearly $1 bln for private real estate funds

SINGAPORE | Tue Aug 21, 2012 3:28pm IST SINGAPORE Aug 21 (Reuters) – Singapore’s ARA Asset Management Ltd, an affiliate of the Cheung Kong group, said on Tuesday it had raised close to $1 billion for its private real estate … Continue reading

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CalPERS signals intent to invest more in Asian real estate

China is in a slowdown – but CalPERS thinks its economy is ripe for a major investment. The California Public Employees’ Retirement System said Thursday it’s investing $530 million in commercial real estate in China and other Asian countries. CalPERS … Continue reading

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CalPERS to invest $530 mln in Asia real estate funds of ARA Asset

HONG KONG | Thu Aug 16, 2012 10:59pm EDT HONG KONG Aug 17 (Reuters) – The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) will invest $530 million in two new real estate funds of ARA Asset Management that will mainly allocate … Continue reading

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California Public Employee Pension Earns 1% on Investments

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System earned 1 percent in the past fiscal year as slumping global stock prices dragged down the largest U.S. pension. The fund lost 7.2 percent on shares, while private equity gained 5.4 percent. Calpers’ bonds … Continue reading

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Data Center Real Estate Showing Maturity

By: Rich MillerMay 25th, 2012 Tweet Alexander Fraser, Managing Director of GI Partners, speaks at a panel Wednesday at the IMN conference on data center investing in New York. GI Partners has teamed with CalPERS on a new fund to … Continue reading

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JPMorgan Chase’s sweet deal for China Basin space

We have a new reigning champion of office property deals in San Francisco. JPMorgan Chase Asset Management has bought a majority stake – an overwhelming majority stake – in China Basin Landing for $415 million. That tops the record $340 … Continue reading

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Calpers Downsizes Housing Portfolio

BY ROBBIE WHELAN AND CRAIG KARMIN Calpers, the giant California pension fund, is dumping one of its last major housing investments at a big loss. In a major step toward winding down a two-decade program as the pension world’s biggest … Continue reading

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Joint venture buys CalPERS stake in land portfolio

Last year, they purchased 4,218 acres in the Seattle area. That development is cleared for the construction of 6,000 homes, among other structures. Article source: http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2012/01/18/joint_venture_buys_calpers_stake_in_land_portfolio/

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