Japanese pension funds are increasing their outbound investment allocations, delegates heard at the PERE Tokyo Forum held last week. However, certain panelists said on the conference’s sidelines that some would take a cautious approach while others said they might decide the risks are not worth it.
2 min read · 24 September 2014
The “allergy” that Japanese institutional investors have had to real estate investments is slowly dissipating, a senior investment figure at one Japan’s largest institutions said at today’s PERE Japan Forum.
2 min read · 18 September 2014
Ione Wilsmann, formerly the co-head of Quilvest Real Estate, will be overseeing real estate investment activity and portfolio management at the $9.9 billion pension plan.
2 min read · 07 August 2014
Equity International-backed Advance Real Estate has received $250 million in new capital to help drive significant expansion in the Latin American country.
2 min read · 10 July 2014
Illinois Teachers and Illinois Municipal have more than doubled their capital outlays to Starwood with follow-on commitments to the firm’s Fund X.
2 min read · 03 June 2014
The Singapore-based real estate manager has launched a separate account for an unnamed US pension plan.
2 min read · 21 November 2013
New research by the Pensions Institute at Cass Business School predicts how 10 percent of a £1.7 trillion defined contribution pension pot in the UK could find its way to real estate.
2 min read · 22 October 2013
The city pension system will invest $30 million in a development plan for the Lower East Side as part of a prior commitment to Taconic Partners.
2 min read · 07 October 2013
The NOK4.397 billion fund returned just 0.1 per cent in the second quarter of 2013 though real estate managed 3.9 percent to help lift performance.
2 min read · 04 September 2013
Timothy Walsh, who has overseen investments for the $74.30 billion pension plan for three years, will be joining a real estate fund manager to help build up its North America business.
3 min read · 04 September 2013
