National Pension Service (NPS) of South Korea has won Global Real Estate Investor of the Year at the IPE Real Estate Global Conference & Awards 2017 in Munich.
The pension fund also won awards for best investor from Asia-Pacific and best investment in Asia-Pacific.
Matthias Thomas, outgoing CEO of INREV, won the award for Outstanding Industry Contribution, following seven years at the helm of the European real estate association.
German pension fund Ärzteversorgung Westfalen-Lippe took the award for Real Assets & Infrastructure Investor of the Year.
Best Large Real Estate Investor went to Oxford Properties – a subsidiary of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System – for the second year in a row.
Best Medium Real Estate Investor was won by Denmark’s SEB Pension, and Best Small Real Estate Investor went to the Netherlands’ Pensieonstichting Transport.
Courtland Partners won the award for Best Investment Consultancy.
The full list of winners for the IPE Real Estate Global Awards 2017
PLATINUM AWARDS
Global Real Estate Investor of the Year: National Pension Service (South Korea)
Outstanding Industry Contribution: Matthias Thomas
Real Assets & Infrastructure Investor of the Year: Ärzteversorgung Westfalen-Lippe (Germany)
GOLD AWARDS
Large Real Estate Investor of the Year: Oxford Properties (Canada)
Medium Real Estate Investor of the Year: SEB Pension (Denmark)
Small Real Estate Investor of the Year: Pensioenstichting Transport (Netherlands)
Investment Consultancy of the Year: Courtland Partners (US)
THEMED AWARDS
Alternatives Strategy: Bouwinvest (Netherlands)
Core & Core-plus Strategies: Oxford Properties (Canada)
Value-Added Strategy: Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (Canada)
Opportunistic Strategy: Ärzteversorgung Westfalen-Lippe (Germany)
Direct Strategy: The Crown Estate (UK)
Indirect Strategy: Allianz Real Estate (Germany)
Listed Strategy: PGGM (Netherlands)
Portfolio Construction: UPS Group Trust (US)
Sustainable Strategy: PGGM (Netherlands)
Debt Strategy: Allianz Real Estate (Germany)
Investment in Asia-Pacific: National Pension Service (South Korea)
Investment in Latin America: Ivanhoé Cambridge (Canada)
Newcomer: Poste Vita (Italy)
REGIONAL AWARDS
Asia-Pacific: National Pension Service
Austria/Germany/Switzerland: APK Pensionskasse
Belgium/France: Integrale
Netherlands: PGGM
Nordic Countries: Nordea Liv & Pension/PensionDanmark
North America: Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan
Other Countries & Regions: Fondazione ENPAM
UK/Ireland: Church Commissioners for England
