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Arleen Jacobius

Arleen is a Senior Reporter at Pensions & Investments covering private equity and real estate. Twitter: https://twitter.com/jacobius_pi

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Investors are knocking on wood

Institutional investors are investing in timberland, trying to fill new inflation-hedging allocations.

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Infrastructure fundraising hits a wall

Three institutional infrastructure money managers are the latest to have stopped fundraising efforts amid a drastic reversal in fortune.

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REITs took devastating early hit, but finished on upswing

Like the proverbial canary in the coal mine, assets of the largest managers of real estate investment trusts were first to feel the shock wave of volatile world markets.

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Top realty investment firms see their equity shrink

Real estate money managers are seeing the equity in their property investments begin to dissolve.

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Managers desperate for big infusions of cash

Real estate managers are making a mad scramble to raise cash.

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Bye-bye buyouts; hello to raising infrastructure funds

Private-equity firms are turning to infrastructure investing now that the credit crisis and deepening recession have put their traditional leveraged-buyout businesses into suspended animation.

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Emerging markets attracting interest

A little more than one-third of private-equity investors without exposure to emerging-markets funds plan to invest in such funds within the next two years, according to a new survey conducted by Coller Capital and the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association.

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Big growth is expected in 529 plans

Assets in Section 529 college savings plans are expected to grow to $145 billion in 2008 from $20…

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Drop in 401(k) assets spurs provider creativity

Just running a plan sponsor’s 401(k) plan and managing the investments is no longer enough. With more 401(k)…

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Insurer sued for offering nothing but in-house funds

The lawsuit brought by New York Life Insurance Co. employees over how the company manages its pension plans…