Investors

The death of Yale University chief investment officer David Swensen has sent reverberations through the private investment industry.

Covid has not dampened the country’s appeal to private investors.

The US pension fund has approximately 15% of its portfolio invested in international markets, with a significant portion in Europe.

Many groups rushing into the R&D real estate space have little to no experience, Ivanhoé Cambridge’s Jonathan Pearce said during PERE’s Global Summit 2021.

The chief investment and innovation officer at the Canadian investor underlined at PERE’s first Global Summit the importance of setting ESG targets.

The end of government support and rising prices were among the major concerns on the minds of delegates at the first-ever PERE Global Summit.

Inflation fears are back but mitigating forces should not be underestimated, says Jose Luis Pellicer, head of investment strategy and research at M&G Real Estate.

The pandemic has helped to facilitate the conversion of troubled assets in the sector. But such activity is not for the faint of heart.

PERE hears from an investor in each major region about what real estate debt means to their respective organization.

In tandem with improving regulation, institutional appetite for assets demonstrating strong ESG credentials is growing, says James Jacobs, head of real estate for Lazard’s private capital advisory group.