Pension Fund Focus
Allocators test the waters
Pension funds are beginning to dip their toes in the real estate debt market. But will allocations become deeper and more widespread? Richard Lowe reports
Looking forward
Institutional investors are starting to provide forward funding for pre-let development projects in the UK. Lynn Strongin Dodds investigates whether it might feasibly fill the financing gap left...
Small allocation giving it large
It is a cautious allocation, just 5%, but the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global has the cash to buy properties that are closed to most investors, as Shayla Walmsley reports
Build trust
Following a recent INREV report showing that life and pension funds are looking to reduce their exposure to non-listed indirect real estate investments Deborah Lloyd argues it is more important than...
Property as a hedge
Pension funds are increasingly considering the role of property in an LDI or inflation hedging strategy. Julie Henderson examines some of the issues
Join the club
From next year property industry associations in Asia and Europe will begin recruiting pension fund members. But why should they join? Shayla Walmsley reports
Danes take stock
Reassess investment processes; address alignment and look again at fee structures; invest opportunistically. These were among the issues Danish investors were dealing with when Martin Hurst visited...
And the winner is
Large pension funds were the worst performers in UK real estate in 2008. But why? Malcolm Hunt uses a series of performance metrics to explain. The results are surprising and informative
Widen your horizon
Debt strategies are often off the real estate investment radar of pension funds. But they can be less risky than core equity strategies, says Ethan Penner
Beyond the Square Mile
Investors claim to be peering at the bottom of the London property market. Some are already looking for sane prices for sparse assets and they include pension funds as well as opportunists. Shayla...
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