First Property Group PLC New fund management mandate (6944C)
January 21 2015 - 2:00AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 6944C
First Property Group PLC
21 January 2015
Date: 21 January 2015
On behalf First Property Group plc ("First
of: Property", "the Company" or the "Group")
Embargoed: 0700hrs
First Property Group plc
New fund management mandate
First Property Group plc (AIM: FPO), the property fund
management group, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a
new fund management agreement with an existing pension fund client,
the Shipbuilding Industries Pension Scheme ("SIPS"), to establish
and manage a new property investment fund ("the new fund"). SIPS
has committed a minimum of GBP125 million to the new fund for an
initial term of ten years. SIPS was advised by Hymans Robertson
LLP.
The new fund will be unleveraged and will target a net total
return of 7% per annum or more from investments in property in the
United Kingdom. The investment remit is broad, encompassing both
investment and development properties across all sectors, including
offices, retail, industrial and residential. First Property Group
will earn annual fees from the new fund calculated by reference to
the value of the properties under management.
Ben Habib, Chief Executive of First Property Group, said:
"We are very pleased to have been awarded this broad investment
mandate which reflects the confidence SIPS has in us. The broad
mandate enables us to tailor our investment approach to prevailing
market conditions and to deploy capital where it is likely to earn
the highest returns."
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For further information please contact:
First Property Group plc Tel: 020 7340 0270
Ben Habib (Chief Executive www.fprop.com
& Chief Investment Officer)
George Digby (Group Finance investor.relations@fprop.com
Director)
Jeremy Barkes (Director, Business
Development)
Arden Partners Tel: 020 7614 5900
Chris Hardie (Director, Corporate
Finance)
Michael McNeilly (Corporate
Finance)
Redleaf Polhill Tel: 020 7382 4763
George Parrett / Henry Columbine firstproperty@redleafpr.com
Notes to investors and editors:
First Property Group plc is a property fund manager with
operations in the United Kingdom and Central Europe. Its business
model is to:
-- Raise and manage third party funds to invest in property;
-- Co-invest in these funds and thereby earn a return on its own capital invested; and
-- Earn fees from the management of these funds. Fees earned are
typically a function of the value of assets under management as
well as the performance of the funds.
The investment performance of the Group's funds under management
in Poland and in Central Europe is ranked No.1 versus the
Investment Property Databank (IPD) universe for Central &
Eastern Europe (CEE) for the eight years to 31 December 2013,
having previously ranked No.1 versus the IPD CEE universe over the
three, four, five, six and seven years to 31 December 2008, 2009,
2010, 2011 & 2012 respectively.
First Property Asset Management Limited is authorised and
regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Further information
about the Company and its products can be found at:
www.fprop.com.
This information is provided by RNS
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