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Sovereign wealth funds and real estate: The sovereigns are coming

A surge in sovereign wealth funds’ real estate activities could bring an estimated $100 billion in investments to the sector annually. However, although sovereign funds are cash rich, they won’t be throwing their money around but rather hunting for bargains. Rachel Wolcott reports.




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Sizing up sovereign investment: Forecasts for sovereign wealth funds’ investments in real estate

Sovereign wealth funds have made headlines coming to the rescue of investment banks damaged by bad real estate bets in the sub-prime mortgage market. Now these same funds are targeting real estate directly. Just as they have propped up Merrill Lynch, Citi, UBS and others, there are hopes that the funds will do the same for the battered commercial real estate sector.

Cash-rich sovereign wealth funds have trillions stashed away from surplus revenues generated, in most cases, by oil sales. Even if only a small proportion of this wealth is directed to real estate, it could mean $80 billion to $120 billion annually, according to research from Eurohypo (see Sizing up sovereign investment).

The perception that there is now value in the sector is behind a number of recent deals. However, attractive valuations in...


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