What's going on at SEB Asset Management?

In this section you can read the latest news concerning our new funds or other important information, compiled for you in chronological order. Press releases and news from previous years can be found in the archive.

Wednesday, 25 January 2012 Press release

SEB Asset Management launches Asian real estate fund duo

New funds highlight expertise in providing customised solutions for institutional investors

SEB Asset Management let more than 600,000 sqm in 2011 – up 16 percent year-on-year

SEB Asset Management let approximately 602,700 sqm of its global property portfolio, which comprises nearly 3.3 million sqm in total, in 2011. This corresponds to a 16.3 percent increase in terms of space compared to 2010. Together, the 661 individual leases account for 18.5 percent of the total space, resulting in aggregate estimated net rental for the year of EUR 112.4 million.

SEB ImmoInvest continues Sales Activities for Re-opening in 2012

Due to current incidents in the financial sector SEB Asset Management postponed the re-opening of the open-ended real estate fund SEB ImmoInvest to the following year.

Multi Asset analysis: Fully comprehensive portfolio insurance – focus on money market and international bonds

SEB Asset Management’s Multi Asset team believes the markets are still in crisis mode. “We have switched our Multi Asset Total Return (MATR) portfolios into defensive mode in line with this,” said Jens Kummer, Head of Multi Asset.

SEB ImmoInvest signs another purchase agreement: Hamburg property to be sold

Preparations for the reopening of the SEB ImmoInvest open-ended real estate fund are in full swing. SEB Asset Management has signed another purchase agreement, this time for an office building at Gorch-Fock-Wall 3-7 in the centre of Hamburg.

Rome’s “Via Laurentina” awarded gold medal for sustainability

The LEED Green Building certificate documents the building’s ecological sustainability, high user comfort and low operating costs. Drees & Sommer supported the project from the first analysis through monitoring to certification.

SEB Asset Management lets over 490,000 sqm since start of the year – major leases signed in Hamburg and Warsaw

SEB Asset Management has let roughly 493,000 sqm of its total property portfolio of nearly 3.3 million sqm in the first three quarters of 2011. New leases made up 42% of this figure, while around 58% of the leases were extended. As a result, more than 500 individual new leases and lease renewals, nearly 38% of which were in Germany, were signed for over 15% of the total space.