Asset Allocation – Page 144
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Return of the absolute
Swedish managers are coming to terms with the new environment. Barbara Ottawa reports
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Durham shakes up £1.3bn council pension fund portfolio
UK – The £1.3bn (€1.9bn) Durham County Council pension fund is set for a complete overhaul of the fund’s investments in an attempt to address the £321m fund deficit. The mandates tendered see a stronger emphasis on bond exposure.
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All change for the London/Berlin express
Listed real estate is looking good but everyone’s holding their breath for German and British REITs. Jan Wagner reports
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Spreading the net
Cross-border investment is increasing due to the attractions of diversity and possibly a lack of opportunities in domestic markets. But, individually, pension funds are tackling this issue at very different speeds. Barriers may include regulatory constraints and a lack of in-house expertise. Rachel Fixsen spoke to three funds about their ...
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Leave nothing to chance
ATP is the supplementary pension scheme in Denmark; all working people pay into this fund to top up their basic retirement income. The fund has been running for more than 40 years now and today has assets of over €50bn. It is the largest pension fund in Denmark and among ...
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Expanding the secondary market
Lymos managing director Jan Wilem Dijkhuis wants a better selling environment for private real estate funds
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One industry, two standards
Machiel Hoek and Hans Grönloh are striving for convergence on accounting standards to boost the real estate sector
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It will be different this time
Foreign capital flooding into UK real estate is forcing UK investors to confront past traumas and invest abroad. Martin Hurst reports
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America's engine room
Pressures on domestic supply and the need to diversify portfolios is increasing the level of interest in New York City real estate among European investors. It offers transparency, growth and status but can it defy the overheated US property market? Gail Moss reports
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Finding the best fit
Efficient real estate investing is a challenge for Belgium’s many small pension funds. But some are exploring new horizons as Christine Senior explains
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Spoiled for choice
Russell’s Derek Williams guides the investor through the vital process of multi-manager selection
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Diversity at a price
Unlisted, multi-manager products are being strongly marketed to smaller investors seeking diversified exposure to real estate. But what about investors’ concerns on liquidity and the extra layer of fees? Rachel Fixsen reports
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Market report: Spanish property funds look to east Europe for new opportunities
Spanish pension funds have only fractionally increased their allocations to real estate over the last decade but Spanish property funds have enjoyed a boom and are now looking at eastern Europe as residential property prices cool off in Spain.
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Waking up to real estate
Hungarian pension funds currently have just 1.15% of their managed assets in real estate. But change is afoot, as Marianna Lukács explains
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Dynamic strategies for pension funds
Are dynamic investment strategies a realistic alternative to static strategies for Swiss pension funds? Can a simplified ALM model be used to evaluate a pension fund’s financial decisions? St Gallen University has just released interesting research on this topic
