All Asset Allocation articles
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Special ReportsHome turf prevails over cross-border real estate for Danica Pension
Denmark’s second-biggest pension fund is maintaining a domestic focus for the time being as market recovery generates new opportunities. Pirkko Juntunen speaks to Michael Nielsen
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Special ReportsBorder to Coast Pensions: Gaining scale for real estate at the right time?
The asset manager of 11 UK local authority pension funds is preparing to expand just in time for a market recovery. Richard Lowe speaks to Alistair Smith
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Special ReportsAPG’s real estate arm seeks stability in a shifting global landscape
The Netherlands’ largest pension fund is looking to invest more in real estate this year, despite geopolitical uncertainty. Richard Lowe speaks to Rutger van der Lubbe
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Special ReportsIlmarinen looks to real estate debt amid market volatility
Finnish pension insurer Ilmarinen has increased its exposure to real estate debt to tide it over uncertain times, Mikko Antila, head of international real estate, tells Pirkko Juntunen
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Opinion PiecesIPE Real Assets May/June 2025: Still waiting for a recovery
Global real estate fundraising fell off a cliff in 2023, a year characterised by major hikes in global interest rates as central banks sought to wrestle inflation under control. Last year the Federal Reserve and European Central Bank began to bring rates back down, but this was not enough to revive capital raising.
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Special ReportsTop 150 Real Estate Investors 2025: Full ranking
The IPE Real Assets top 150 ranking of some of the world’s largest real estate investors, has captured US$2.04trn (2024: $2.10trn) in property assets held by pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, insurers and other institutional capital owners.
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Special ReportsTop 150 Real Estate Investors 2025: Survey
Uncertainty – not least from global tariffs – is holding back a full-blown return to the market. Richard Lowe reports
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NewsSustainable infrastructure could outperform by 20% under net-zero scenario
Increasing allocations to infrastructure could also boost returns, according research by Ortec and GIB
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AnalysisNatural capital – the nexus between corporate carbon and investment
Asset class is evolving fast, just as ‘corporate money is circling’, says New Forests CEO
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NewsOntario Teachers hit by negative property returns as infrastructure outperforms
Real assets portfolio underperforms benchmark in 2024 as asset classes diverge
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Opinion PiecesGuest viewpoint: Will real estate survive as an asset class?
Increases in operational risk and allocation pressures from infrastructure and private equity are putting property in a tight spot, write Andrea Orlandi and Valentina Shegoyan
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NewsGerman Pensionskasse welcomes ability to invest 5% in infrastructure
Germany also raises the risk capital quota from 35% to 40%
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NewsIllinois Firefighters pension fund adds $80m to new infrastructure allocation
Firefighters Pension Investment Fund commits capital to Stonepeak and GIP funds
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NewsTexas Municipal sets $1bn real assets pacing plan for 2025
Pension fund could invest up to $1.4bn in real estate and infrastructure next year
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NewsTERS transfers capital from Invesco real estate fund to IDR index vehicle
TERS is already an investor in the IDR fund
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NewsGlobal real estate’s best ‘entry point’ begins to emerge – Oxford Economics
Economic advisory firm predicts ‘window of opportunity’ over the next 12 to 18 months
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AnalysisOptimism returns to Expo Real but questions remain about market recovery
Investors in Munich try to predict the nature of the ‘next chapter’ of the asset class
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NewsAssets owned by top 100 infrastructure investors rises to $858bn
More institutional investors plan to maintain or increase allocations, survey finds
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Special ReportsWhat is the role of offices in institutional real estate portfolios?
Given all the structural challenges facing the sector, are offices set to become an insignificant part of institutional real estate portfolios? Pirkko Juntunen investigates
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InterviewsInterview: Jim Clayton on the collision between real estate and infrastructure
The Schulich professor explains why the merging of real estate and infrastructure needs to be understood
