Allocation Strategy

The Dutch pension fund manager has committed close to $700m in the region’s data center platforms since the second quarter of 2020.

The partnership marks the Canadian firm’s second logistics investment in the country since setting foot in the market in 2019.

QuadReal was able to avoid the paralysis of the investment market during the pandemic by focusing on build-to-core strategies. This has enabled CEO Dennis Lopez to stay on target in making the British Columbian pension system a global force in private real estate.

The Hong Kong-based real estate firm is understood to have raised half of the target for Gaw Growth Equity Fund I, which was launched last year.

The less obvious takeaways from our inaugural Real Estate Landscape Study that still move the needle for private real estate.

Investors are less likely to take a chance on new manager relationships amid market uncertainties.

The property type represents 18% of the pension’s real estate portfolio and contributed to its 0% net return through Q3 2020.

The pandemic has made investors embrace virtual communications and rethink their sector strategies to navigate the crisis.

Executives from Bouwinvest, APG Asset Management and RCLCO discuss how institutional investors are hitting real estate’s biggest moving target.

Most institutions expect to maintain their commitment levels to the asset class in 2021, but appetite is expected to surge post-covid.