Real Estate – Page 13
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PGGM to increase impact investments through private equity funds
The asset manager has found that innovative companies are usually too small for direct investment to be suitable
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Engineering scheme introduces real assets portfolio, targeting €2.5bn
Dedicated allocation is to replace PME’s 1.6% alternatives portfolio, comprising forestry and infrastructure
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NewsNorway’s oil fund eyes bigger green bonds allocation, low cost cited
CEO Slyngstad also says upstream oil & gas divestment will take time
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DIP to boost real estate investments as holdings return 12.8%
Danish Pension Fund for Engineers reports overall investment loss of 1.7% in 2018
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Schemes with high illiquid allocations ‘at risk from market crash’
A firesale of equities to fund withdrawals would exacerbate negative effects on markets and funding levels
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Using pension contributions for mortgage payments ‘not attractive’
Financial advantage of lower housing costs would be cancelled out by a lower income in retirement, survey finds
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NewsRobeco to shut mortgages fund as investors shun structure
Potential investors do not need an asset manager separate from mortgage issuer to access this asset class, Robeco says
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PensionDanmark to put more into property, infrastructure
Slim overall returns for Danish pension fund amid “challenging market conditions”
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NewsSweden’s AMF reports 1.3% gain as property shines
CEO says investment profit testifies to lower market correlation of portfolio assets
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AP2 curbs investment losses in 2018 with Chinese bond gains
Gothenburg-based fund is first of Sweden’s national pension funds to report on 2018 returns
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PFA ends 2018 with 3.3% loss after market slump
Danish pension fund adds unlisted assets to counter volatility
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UK government seeks to open up illiquid assets to DC funds
DWP proposes illiquids allocation reporting and consolidation review duties, plus charge cap calculation addition
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NewsSupervisory board of €11bn Dutch real estate manager quits unexpectedly
All four members of the board of the €11bn Dutch property investor quit after falling out with parent company over strategy
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Asset Class ReportsInstitutional investors to hasten exit from public markets in 2019
Large-scale poll sees pension funds boosting private assets, with a focus on private equity and real estate
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Sampension completes office sale to JØP/DIP
JØP/DIP partnership seeks to increase property portfolio by 50% in next few years
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from the US: REITS a good long-term bet, says study
Investors have lost some of their enthusiasm for US REITs – real-estate investment trusts – after their poor performance in the third quarter. From July to September, the FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs index gained 0.5%, compared with a 7.6% return for S&P 500 over the same period. The return of the REITs index has trailed behind S&P 500 by more than seven percentage points for the first three quarters of the year.
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Italian funds team up to invest in alternatives
Eight industry-wide schemes are pooling resources in an innovative approach to illiquid assets
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Essex pension fund tenders global property mandate
Pension fund open to range of options for £250m allocation
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PFA hails real estate, alternatives as 2018 gains hit €1bn
CFO says Q3 took a “positive turn”, but year-to-date return was still half that of same period in 2017
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NewsShell’s in-house manager eyes property loans, alternative credit
Shell Asset Management Company spots new opportunities as QE continue to suppress listed bond yields
