Anglo-German fund manager Warburg-Henderson carried out acquisitions totalling EUR 342 mln and sales either completed or in negotiation equivalent to EUR 140 mln in the first half of 2011. The period also saw Warburg-Henderson launch three new funds in the Spezialfonds sector.

Managing director Henning Kloppelt vowed Warburg-Henderson would continue to focus on the core and core plus sectors during the second half of the year. ‘By year end, we hope to reach an investment total of circa EUR 700 mln’, he said.

The figures were announced to mark the fund manager’s 10 year anniversary.

Warburg-Henderson, a joint venture between Henderson Global Investors and German bank Warburg, holds some EUR 4 bn assets under management. The venture has launched 17 property funds in total since it was founded in 2001.