Real Estate – Page 12
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Private credit investment set to increase
Distressed debt, real estate and asset-backed lending are also popular growth strategies
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NewsMandate roundup: Swiss scheme tenders CHF150m property mandate
Plus: UK’s Merseyside scheme commits £10m to PE
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NewsMandate roundup: Swiss pension fund duo tender briefs via IPE Quest [updated]
Plus: UK’s NEST to invest £500m in 12 months with Wells Fargo
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APG to considerably expand illiquid investments unit
Dutch pensions manager plans to hire an additional 50 employees across Amsterdam, Hong Kong and New York
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NewsInvestment restrictions eased for France’s €30bn ERAFP
Cap on equities and unlisted asset funds raised from 40% to 45% as part of changes to regulatory investment framework
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Netherlands roundup: BpfBouw appoints fiduciary for property investments
Also: €8.6bn postal scheme PostNL allocates 2% to green bonds via NN Investment Partners mandate
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NewsNEST names managers for first move into private markets
Amundi and BlackRock will manage roughly 5% of the DC master trust’s default funds with inflows expected to start in October
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NewsPensionDanmark cuts bonds, adds to real assets in face of low yields
Interim report reveals PensionDanmark’s highest ever first-half return, but CEO Torben Möger Pedersen warns of low and negative yields
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NewsKPA buys €403m Stockholm office as Folksam boosts real estate target
Sweden’s Folksam group has increased its expansion target for its real estate portfolio to €1.9bn, double the level previously announced
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Chart of the Week: The UK’s biggest asset managers
LGIM, Insight and BlackRock are increasing their dominance over the UK institutional pensions market, according to IPE research
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Swedish funds name new leaders for property and infrastructure arms
Property company Vasakronan, infrastructure group Polhem and residential real estate manager Rikshem have all made senior management appointments in recent days
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€19bn agriculture sector scheme eyes property investments
BPL’s real estate holdings generated 17.8% last year, according to its annual report – and it wants to put more money into the asset class
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Chart of the Week: Equity returns drive LGPS investment gains in 2018-19
Local authority funds for Lancashire and Kensington & Chelsea reported the strongest returns among LGPS funds, as alternatives investors also posted double-digit gains
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NewsItalian pension fund Solidarietà Veneto to add infrastructure, real estate
Fund for companies in the Veneto region said it was ready to make the move based on its experience so far in private markets
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Swiss investor hunts for private equity manager via IPE Quest
The unnamed pension fund is seeking bottom-up managers for a $5m-$10m mandate, while two more mandate searches are closing this week
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Asset managers propose new fund structure for illiquid assets
The Investment Association has proposed the creation of the ‘Long-Term Asset Fund’, which would be a modified version of an existing category of open-ended authorised fund
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CERN gains from real estate revaluations to post 1.3% 2018 return
Northern Trust’s appointment as custodian helped address an ‘operational constraint’ in real asset investments for the scientific research institute’s pension fund
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Compenswiss tenders real estate mandate worth €50-100m via IPE Quest
Quartet of tenders sees Swiss and Nordic investors allocate to China A-shares, currency hedging and core real estate as investors continue diversification push
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€6.8bn chemical company scheme decides against consolidation
PDN says it is optimally prepared to address developments in the changing Dutch pensions sector
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Achmea scheme’s booming Dutch property holdings deliver 24%
The Dutch insurer’s pension fund posted an overall loss of 1.6% for 2018 despite significant gains from its property and infrastructure investment portfolios
