Real Estate – Page 5
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NewsMN commits €400m to M&G European living property fund
MN, the asset manager of Dutch pension funds PMT and PME, has committed €400m to the newly launched M&G Real Estate European Living Property Fund
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NewsIlmarinen adds foreign property and corporate bonds to climate goal
Finland’s number two pensions insurer adds new asset types to climate road map published last year
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NewsItaly roundup: PreviAmbiente sets up new equity sub-fund
Plus: Inarcassa, Enpav expect positive returns in 2023; INPGI picks alternative investments funds
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News‘Many companies’ Swiss BVK holds are not in line with climate goals
BVK will use the PACTA test with other climate indicators to further refine measures to achieve its net zero and decarbonisation goals
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NewsNet Zero Asset Owners lay out expectations for private markets managers
The group is asking private markets managers to disclose their scope 1 and 2 financed emissions for the 2023 financial year
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To rebalance or not? Dutch pension funds face dilemma as illiquids exceed limits
Bpf Bouw will sell close to €3bn in hedge fund investments and is also reconsidering its private equity and real estate holdings
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Country ReportSwitzerland: Pension funds edge towards alternative investments
Swiss pension funds are cautiously but decisively taking steps to build a portfolio of alternative investments
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Country ReportSwitzerland: Good returns in 2021 provide pension buffer in 2022
Deteriorating economic conditions saw Swiss pension funds return on average -10.7% for the year to end-September
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NewsPrivate equity, mortgages enter net-zero alliance’s protocol in new draft
UN’s investor alliance expands guidance on treatment of sovereign debt in draft of third version of target-setting protocol
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FeaturesMarket overview: German institutional investors manage uncertainty
At mid-year 2022, the volume of Spezialfonds – the German vehicle for professional investors – administered on Universal Investment’s platform was €498bn, a rise of around 5% year on year. On a six-month basis, however, and compared with the end of the booming stock year 2021, asset volumes were down around 3%.
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Denmark’s IPD says pension savers will foot the bill for ‘rushed’ rents cap
Lobby group says real estate sector needs calm if pension firms are to invest, and broad political agreements
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Publica in talks with large pension funds for co-investments in infrastructure
Publica’s board decided to reduce its fixed income allocation as part of its new strategy
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Alecta loses international real assets chief to Heimstaden
Sweden’s biggest pension fund says Heijbel was key part of its work to grow the real assets portfolio
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Poll shows 10 percentage-point rise in ESG use by alternatives investors over 3 years
Two thirds of European investors in private equity, infrastructure, now have climate policies compared to less that a quarter of their US peers, new survey shows
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NewsBorder to Coast commits final investments in first £5.7bn private markets programme
In total, the programme invested into 61 funds and made three co-investments
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BT Pension Scheme unveils 25% carbon reduction targets
Reducing exposure to carbon emissions over time will improve the scheme’s stability and predictability of its investment outcomes
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Special ReportOutlook: Investors grapple with inflation and rising rates
The asset allocation options available to institutional investors in such uncertain times are few
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NewsGerman doctors scheme pushes through with illiquid assets switch
Targetted illiquid investments include real estate, infrastructure, private equity and private debt
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German BVV boosts private debt to finance renewables infra, real estate
The scheme has already reached target allocation for illiquid assets, but will conduct further allocations in the future ‘selectively’
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NewsBVK to continue indirect real estate, stake investments
The fund’s strategic asset allocation for 2022 will see an increase to 28.8% in real estate (24.4% in real estate funds and REITs and 4.5% in direct investments)
