All Special Reports
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Special ReportsReal estate must embrace AI now or ‘risk being left behind’
Artificial intelligence represents an opportunity for the industry to innovate quickly, Pirkko Juntunen finds
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Special ReportsTop 150 Real Estate Investors 2024: Survey
There are signs that investors plan to increase investment activity after a slow 2023. Richard Lowe reports
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Special ReportsMetro versus machine: AI and the office market
The office sector is already reeling from a post-pandemic fall in demand. Could AI accelerate the decline? Christopher Walker reports
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Special ReportsTop 150 Real Estate Investors 2024: Full ranking
The IPE Real Assets top 150 ranking of some of the world’s largest real estate investors, has captured US$2.1trn in property assets held by pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, insurers and other institutional capital owners.
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Special ReportsLogistics giants muscle in on data centres
Demand for data centres is booming. Now the world’s biggest logistics players have ambitions on the sector. Florence Chong reports
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Special ReportsAPG is ‘back’ with a €5bn affordable housing mandate
Robert-Jan Foortse tells Richard Lowe how the pension fund investor plans to unlock the housing crisis in the Netherlands
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Special ReportsUnstable connection: investors reconsider headlong rush into fibre networks
Investors have been rushing to roll out fibre broadband. But do rising costs, ‘overbuilding’ concerns and ‘altnet’ failures spell trouble? Christopher Walker reports
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Special ReportsAustralian Retirement Trust sets up in London for global expansion
Australia’s second-largest superannuation fund has opened a London office as it eyes global expansion. Florence Chong reports.
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Special ReportsCanada’s IMCO positions itself for global real estaet push
The manager of Ontario pension assets is evolving its real estate allocation to changing market dynamics. Razak Musah Baba speaks to Richard Varkey
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Special ReportsSmart energy race: the tech is here but it needs more venture capital
The world will not get to net zero without new technology, but venture capital is needed. Christopher Walker reports
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Special ReportsAP3’s new CIO brings tactical approach to Swedish pension fund
The Swedish pension fund’s new CIO is bringing in a tactical approach to weather market storms. Pirkko Juntunen speaks to Jonas Thulin
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Special ReportsClimate Investment: ‘Focus on where the emissions really are’
Climate Investment, founded by oil and gas companies, is investing in technology that can decarbonise the hardest-to-abate sectors. Christopher Walker speaks to CIO Josh Haacker
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Special ReportsDistrict heating: Time for investors to warm to the asset class?
More investment in heat networks would contribute to the race to net zero. Georg Inderst looks at the investment case for the asset class
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Special ReportsATP focuses on serving real estate customers in its domestic market
The Danish pension fund is focusing on domestic residential markets and on operational and customer services. Pirkko Juntunen speaks to André Scharf
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Special ReportsHydrogen infrastructure – more than hot air
There is a lot of talk about the potential for hydrogen, but is it an investable asset class for institutions? Lauren Mills explores
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Special ReportsAfter years of selling down its real estate exposure, NZ Super is back
Toby Selman and Will Goodwin tell Florence Chong about building up the portfolio for New Zealand’s sovereign wealth fund
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Special ReportsSmart mobility: getting from A to V
Smart mobility will eventually transform cities and transport. But in the short term, investors need to work out what is investable, writes Maha Khan Phillips
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Special ReportsGOYOH: Helping solve Japan's ESG compliance challenges
GOYOH is working with Japan’s government pension fund, global investors and the Tokyo government to help resolve ESG compliance challenges. Florence Chong speaks to founder Yukihito Ito
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Special ReportsReseeding agri-tech investments after a barren 2023
Investment in agri-tech might have stalled last year, but it will be a growing area critical to global food security and sustainability. Florence Chong reports
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Special ReportsAddressing the climate threat to Brazil’s beef sector
Brazil’s cattle sector is facing big challenges due to climate risks. But technology could form part of the solution, writes Florence Chong
