Pensioenfonds Zorg en Welzijn, the giant Dutch pension with at least 88 private real estate fund commitments, has enjoyed a rise in fortunes as its property investments performed well in 2012.
1 min read · 27 August 2013
The $16bn pension system has hired Art Wang, the private equity chief from the New York State Common Retirement Fund, to oversee real estate, private equity and real assets.
1 min read · 27 August 2013
The real estate investment management arm of French insurer AXA has created a fund aimed at providing institutional investors with property-based, liability-matching investments with long and secure income streams.
2 min read · 27 August 2013
PensionDanmark, PKA and Sampension – three of Denmark’s largest pensions – have teamed up with real estate firm DEAS and developer MT Hojgaard to invest up to €670m in Danish PPPs.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
A survey from RBC Investor Services revealed that nearly half of small, mostly private Canadian pensions plan to add allocations to real estate, though they have concerns about costs and lack of expertise.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The Government Pension Fund of Thailand is set to make its first significant step towards becoming a global real estate investor with the appointment of Cleveland-based Townsend Group to deploy $250 million into core and special situations funds in North America, Europe and Asia.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
How similar real estate strategies at CalPERS and CalSTRS have produced different results.
3 min read · 17 January 2013
The $80.4 billion pension plan has approved equity commitments to Principal Enterprise Capital and Aevitas Property Partners to help expand its investments in private real estate operating companies.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
The pension fund with 61,000 members has picked CBRE out of a beauty parade to become investment advisor for its direct property portfolio.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
Board members and executive staff of California’s two largest pension systems now face tough restrictions on their post-pension employment.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
