Pension Fund

Oregon State Treasury considers trimming RE allocation

The investor plans to maintain a ‘conservative’ posture in the asset class amid recommendations to rebalance its portfolio.

NBIM and Canadian pensions back TPG in $2bn US retail deal

San Francisco-based TPG is acquiring grocery-anchored strip mall specialist ECHO Realty in partnership with Norwegian wealth fund NBIM and Canada’s PSP and La Caisse.

Brookfield forms C$1bn industrial JV with pension-owned developer

The firm partnered with Vancouver-based Concert Properties on a 50:50 venture involving a 5 million-square-foot Canadian logistics portfolio.

CPP Investments adds first dedicated hospitality strategy in Korea

The strategy builds on the Canadian firm’s recent hospitality investment in Japan.

Affordable housing or returns: The development equation

The need for affordable accommodation is acute, and an increasing volume of private capital is available to the sector, but making development projects ‘pencil’ remains challenging.

Making the financial case for impact investing

New research from the Multifamily Impact Council and NYU finds multifamily resident services, engagement and sustainability initiatives positively influence NOI, writes Bob Simpson, founder and CEO of the Multifamily Impact Council.

Oxford’s McNamara to join British Land as CEO

The Canadian pension investor’s head of Europe had also assumed oversight of the Asia-Pacific region just last month.

Harrison Street hires co-head for Asia fundraising from Stepstone

Michael Humphrey is tasked with opening an office in Singapore while working with his team across two offices in Tokyo and Seoul.

Barings to acquire Moorabbin Airport with Aware and Rest for A$1.5bn

The property has been considered a real estate asset since current owner Goodman Group purchased it in 2010.

Matter Real Estate on why Europe’s residential mid-market matters

The mid-market residential segment across Europe represents one of the most significant opportunities in real estate today, says Matter Real Estate’s David Christie.