All Asset Allocation articles
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News
Assets 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 Reports
What 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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Interviews
Interview: 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
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News
South Carolina Retirement System makes $100m investment in Sculptor fund
This commingled fund focuses on opportunistic real estate, investing in gaming assets, hotels and senior housing
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SDCERS targets core infrastructure allocation with Brookfield and KKR funds
Investment includes $60m commitment to Brookfield Super-Core Infrastructure Partners
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IPE RA Infra Conference: Investors debate benefits and evolution of natural capital
Low correlation and diversification benefits cited as major drivers for allocations
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News
IPE RA Infra Conference: Political risk tempers trillion dollar opportunities
Munich delegates learn how infrastructure has performed but political risk is complicating energy transition
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News
Illinois Teachers calls for consultants for its $12.2bn real assets portfolios
Pension fund issues request for proposals to potentially replace incumbent adviser Stepstone
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News
Germany proposes 5% infrastructure quota for occupational pension funds
Draft legislation could allow Pensionskassen to allocate to both infrastructure equity and debt
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Special Reports
Canada’s IMCO positions itself for global real estate 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 Reports
ATP 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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Interviews
Michael Brand on the ‘next generation of assets’
Mercer has appointed its first head of real assets in a sign of the times. Christopher Walker speaks to Michael Brand about the move
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Special Reports
After 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 Reports
APG 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 Reports
AP3’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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Opinion Pieces
IPE Real Assets May/June 2024: Real estate comeback?
Richard Lowe considers the competition between real estate and infrastructure asset classes, as this year’s real estate investor survey hints at a resurgence in investment
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Special Reports
Top 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 Reports
Top 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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News
INREV Conference: AXA IM’s Scemama on lessons learnt from past downturns
Scemama believes yields have been stabilising since beginning of 2024
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VRS commits $250m to Acore Capital real estate estate credit fund
Pension fund invests in Credit Partners II as part of its credits strategies allocation