Pension Fund

Alaska Retirement Board eyes more non-core real estate 

The Juneau-based pension is also looking to form new core/core-plus partnerships as its consultant calls a market bottom.

For mid-sized managers seeking M&A, one factor is essential

There may be a swath of real estate firms seeking a capital partner to stay competitive, but only those with targeted growth plans are catching investors’ attention.

Aware Super hires first valuations lead in Europe

The A$200bn Australian retirement fund has appointed an executive in London to lead valuations of direct infrastructure and property investments.

Australia’s Rest joins Blue Owl to invest in US REIT

The investment will help the superannuation fund diversify its property holdings, particularly in the retail and industrial sectors.

People’s Pension favors open-end SMAs for £4bn real asset push

The CIO of the UK pension scheme, with £36bn in AUM, believes commingled private market funds don’t typically offer sufficient value-add or alignment.

Korea’s NPS acquires minority stake in Sweden’s Areim

The investment is understood to be the pension fund’s first stake acquisition in a European real estate manager.

Oxford names HOOPP’s Eric Plesman CEO as Daniel Fournier exits

Ontario pension OMERS’ real estate arm brings in Plesman, a former exec and now HOOPP’s real estate chief, to take over from exec chair Fournier.

Texas ERS names new head of real assets

Head of private real estate Amy Cureton takes over for longtime real assets lead Bob Sessa, who has retired after 25 years with the fund.

Aware Super CIO: Property team has ‘changed tune’ on deployment

The superannuation fund has shifted into active gear after not ‘investing as much in property in the last two to three years,’ says Damian Graham.

CalSTRS’ real estate consultants urge deployment into valuation-reset market

The California pension with nearly $370bn in assets is building allocations to industrial and multifamily and curtailing office exposure to match policy targets.