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
The pension system is backing the fund which Blackstone set up to acquire real estate stakes from the California Public Employees’ Retirement System.
1 min read · 31 May 2016
The $34 billion pension system wrote checks to Artemis Real Estate Partners and Starwood Capital Group, both of which it had invested with previously.
2 min read · 26 May 2016
The state-owned investor has put out an RFP for core and core-plus strategies in the US and plans to commit a total of $400 million.
1 min read · 25 May 2016
