An investment policy approved by the trustees of the Florida State Board of Administration will give the state’s $110bn retirement system the flexibility to invest up to 2% of its assets in infrastructure. The move is part of a broader portfolio transition that shifted about 10% of allocations away from listed equities and fixed income towards alternatives.
3 min read · 24 January 2013
More than a third of UK pension funds already invested in real estate are actively looking to increase their exposure to the asset class, according to Aberdeen Asset Management.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
The Stonehage Group, a London-based advisory business which invests on behalf of wealthy family offices, aims to grow its real estate portfolio to £2bn and has recruited Adam Kerr from Talisman Capital to help execute its strategy.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
The Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund, which is a government agency designed to act as a buffer against temporary fluctuations in pension system contributions and disbursements, is buying Dombron from Sweden's largest property company Vasakronan
1 min read · 24 January 2013
Christopher Keber has been confirmed as director of global capital raising for the Greenwich, Connecticut-based firm. PERE first revealed Keber’s appointment in April.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Bank-affiliated infrastructure platforms dominate The Infrastructure Investor 30, a new annual ranking of industry players. Together the 30 largest infrastructure investment groups have formed $140.5 billion of capital for the asset class over the past five years.
3 min read · 24 January 2013
LPs are expected to invest $8 billion of new capital to value-added and opportunistic funds in 2010. REITs believe some of that money should go to them. PERE magazine June 2010
2 min read · 24 January 2013
CalPERS’ well-liked private equity chief, Leon Shahinian, has been placed on administrative leave after allegedly failing to disclose gifts and travel from a placement agent. ‘We get these offers all the time’, says one fellow LP who described Shahinian as a ‘good man’.
4 min read · 24 January 2013
Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing has just closed its latest opportunity fund on $4.7bn. In closing the largest private equity real estate fund post-Lehman, MSREI is refocusing attention on its future, rather than the recent past. MSREI CEO Owen Thomas and CIO Jay Mantz talk about the challenges of the past 18 months – and how the New York-based platform is investing its capital once again.
10 min read · 24 January 2013
In an effort to curb the use of placement agents, the US' largest public pension has set up an automated PPM system that has been greeted with market scepticism.
3 min read · 24 January 2013
