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Demand for commercial property could result in higher prices as pension funds aim to increase exposure to eliminate deficits.

Property adviser CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) predicted that prices within the European property market will go up as it expects there will be a shortage of suitable property.

Analysis by CBRE showed that the most appropriate allocation to real estate within a pension fund is 10% to 15%. The current weightings of pension funds' investments in real estate is an average of 6.5% in Europe, although over the past few years there has been a tend

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