Regional investor
German vehicles head home
Spezialfonds are continuing to attract institutional capital, but their investment focus has shifted to domestic markets and larger individual assets, according to a new study. Barbara Ottawa reports
Swedes gain home advantage
Swedish institutional investors have benefited from a stable domestic real estate market, but competition for institutional grade assets is high. Pirkko Juntunen reports
Insatiable appetite
The Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global has a long way to go to achieve its 5% target allocation to real estate, says Pirkko Juntunen
Danes still building exposure
The market uncertainty has prompted Danish pension funds to move slowly and carefully. But the signs are that real estate allocations will soon start to rise, as Rachel Fixsen finds
From fraud to fund strategy
The reputation of the Dutch real estate industry suffered another blow this year with the disclosure of a large fraud investigation. As Leen Preesman discovered, Dutch pension funds have other...
Popularity contest
Core domestic property and infrastructure is in high demand among Belgian institutional investors, but they are facing the problem of increasingly low yields as a result. Gail Moss reports
In the driving seat
Solvency II and demand for secure income are making Frances institutional investor community a driving force behind the French real estate recovery. Gail Moss reports
In a hole, stop digging
Southern European investors stuck in an economic hole are likely to stop digging and hold on until the worst is over, as Shayla Walmsley reports
High-rise investment
The real estate exposure of Austrian pension funds has increased over the past few years, but it might have reached a ceiling for now. They have ventured far enough to avoid confined or crowded...
Home strategy
Swiss pension funds are still mainly invested in domestic real estate and there are no signs of this changing despite some experts calling for more diversification. Barbara Ottawa finds out why
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