In conversation with Richard Lowe, Editor in Chief, IPE Real Assets
In this episode of Leaders in Investment, Robert-Jan Foortse, Head of Real Estate for the manager of the Netherlands’ largest pension fund, discusses its real estate allocation, its attitude to risk and the impact it is creating via a €5bn investment in Dutch affordable housing. The conversation also includes the fund’s increased appetite for private markets investments, their decision to have less leverage than before the global financial crisis and how APG is reflect future energy costs and climate considerations into investment decisions.
The conversation also includes:
- The fund’s increased appetite for private markets investments
- Their decision to have less leverage than before the global financial crisis
- How APG is reflect future energy costs and climate considerations into investment decisions
“If you don’t want to call it the E for Environment or the S for Sustainability, then at least call it the R for resilience”
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Thanks to UBS for sponsoring this episode.
