Real estate, then private equity top the preferred investments among the 52 percent of respondents who do or want to commit to alternatives, according to a Bear Sterns report.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The $35bn Pennsylvania State Employees’ Retirement System allocates further funds to RE after returning 22 percent from the asset class last year.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
As part of a renewed emphasis on alternative investments, the state's retirement fund has made commitments to venture, energy, and distressed funds.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The UK local authority pension fund says it is more cautious about real estate investments amid a general downturn in the British commercial property market.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The employee pension of Spain’s second largest bank will start investing 5 percent of its €2.1bn pension fund in alternative assets.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The $7.3 billion Arizona Public Safety Personnel Retirement System is looking to significantly increase its exposure to real estate across the US and internationally.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The $121 billion CPPIB today argued before US lawmakers that it should not be lumped in with all sovereign wealth funds, as legislators in California attempt to bar the US’ largest pension groups from investing in private equity funds tied to sovereign wealth funds.
3 min read · 22 January 2013
Virginia Retirement System increases real estate and private equity allocations by three percentage points, saying it wants more flexibility in its portfolio.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board reveals expansion plans for Asian real estate just as it announces a joint investment of $400m in a new China fund with Ontario pension fund.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Private capital to real estate increased 13.5 percent from Q3 2006 to Q3 2007. International real estate investments jump 96 percent, according to Pensions & Investments magazine.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
