Pension Fund

CPP Investments establishes first UK single-family rental JV

The £500m commitment to a joint venture with Kennedy Wilson represents the Canadian pension plan’s first foray into SFR in Europe and a chance to ‘really go at scale’ in the sector.

Legal & General acquires stake in Taurus to ramp up US real estate exposure

The deal includes a separate $200m seed investment by the UK pension investor, which cited growing institutional interest in US multifamily and logistics assets and decarbonization initiatives.

Hines takes customer service to the next level

In opening an office next door to Korea’s largest investor, Hines’ bold move emphasizes the importance of strategic relationship management in today’s private real estate market.

LGPS Central plans £100m a year in residential fund investments

The UK pension pool made the first investment for its newly launched UK Residential Indirect Property Partnership earlier this month.

Oxford makes North America, Europe leadership changes

The Toronto-based pension giant promoted Randy Hoffman to head of US and Tyler Seaman to head of Canada, among several other moves.

Data center investors like CPP are playing catch up

The Canadian pension’s $15bn joint venture with Equinix represents a significant and necessary upsizing of its investments in the sector.

ACCESS Pool appoints manager for impact real estate mandate

The LGPS collective has tasked Orchard Street with deploying £100m to decarbonize direct UK real estate assets.

Data center managers have a deployment problem

Power constraints have become the biggest obstacle in moving forward with developing new assets in the sector.

The GI 100 investors turning to disposals

Certain investors on PERE’s ranking have attributed their shrinking real estate allocations to sales.

The PERE GI 100 feels the full force of headwinds

PERE’s ranking of the largest institutional investors in private real estate succumbs to macroeconomic challenges to record its lowest-ever growth.