The percentage of institutions actively looking to add new relationships has soared from just 30% last year.
2 min read · 28 June 2016
Private real estate firms in Asia have predicted the impending departure of Britain from the European Union will have a bigger impact on currency and interest rates than on their investment strategies.
4 min read · 28 June 2016
The country’s largest pubic pension system established a transition manager program for firms in between its emerging manager platform and its pool of larger established managers.
2 min read · 24 June 2016
Partners Group has launched what it describes as the first private markets fund designed for UK defined contribution pension schemes. Other firms will likely follow.
3 min read · 16 June 2016
Japanese public pension plan, Chikyoren, has hired the firm to invest in domestic real estate after releasing an RFP for domestic and international real estate and infrastructure last July.
2 min read · 15 June 2016
Allocations to real estate from sovereign wealth funds have grown faster than those to both private equity and infrastructure over the past three years, according to a study from the investment firm.
2 min read · 14 June 2016
At this year’s PERE Europe Summit 2016, senior editor Jonathan Brasse sat down with Bill Tresham, president of Canadian investment giant Ivanhoe Cambridge to hear how the world’s ninth largest institutional investor, with assets under management of around $55 million, is navigating today’s private real estate marketplace.
5 min read · 10 June 2016
Institutional investor allocations to real estate will increase but investment managers must remain disciplined, Bill Tresham, president, Ivanhoé Cambridge told delegates at the PERE Europe Summit.
2 min read · 07 June 2016
The impact of negative interest rates will be positive on real estate pricing, fundamentals and capital flows, according to fresh research from the Swiss bank.
2 min read · 02 June 2016
Domestic insurance rules are making overseas fund investing more palatable for Korean investors, such as Korea Post which is lining up US fund investments for the first time.
2 min read · 01 June 2016