All Real Assets articles in May/June 2026 (Magazine)
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AnalysisSaurabh Mishra: 'A $1trn asset class still running on a 20th-century decision stack'
Saurabh Mishra tells Christopher Walker how infrastructure investors can harness AI for success in an industry undergoing huge change
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Special ReportsFortress targets retail investors through 1031 exchange platform
Christopher Walker speaks to Eli Edwards about the move
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Special ReportsTop 150 Real Estate Investors 2026: Total assets return to growth at $2.18trn
The IPE Real Assets top 150 ranking of some of the world’s largest real estate investors has captured US$2.18trn (€1.86trn) in property assets held by pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, insurers and other institutional capital owners
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Special ReportsBidwells: 200-year-old adviser takes aim at real estate investment management
Why is Bidwells, a 200-year-old adviser to university endowments, taking aim at a highly consolidated property investment management market? Virna Asara talks to Robert Leadbetter
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Opinion PiecesIPE Real Assets May/June 2026: Can real estate overcome its recent past?
Total real estate assets of the 150 largest institutional investors rose by 6.9% to US$2.18trn (€1.86trn) in 2025 (see page 69), suggesting a return to growth after the figure fell last year.
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Special ReportsReal estate investors survey 2026: Investors close to allocation targets
Investment pace expected to increase
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Special ReportsReal estate investors survey 2026: Core and value-add retain appeal, debt drops
Infrastructure identified as the biggest competitor in terms of relative value
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Special ReportsReal estate investors survey 2026: Europe and housing the top targets
Retail jumps from sixth to third in the list of most favoured sectors
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Special ReportsReal estate investors survey 2026: Investors hold firm on sustainability
Investors maintain focus on ESG, net zero and physical climate risk
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InterviewsRailpen pushes full steam ahead to triple infrastructure to £3bn
Lewis Vanstone tells Lauren Mills how the UK pension fund plans to take advantage of the ‘sharply’ increased investment opportunity in infrastructure
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Special ReportsWhy real estate tokenisation is more about operational efficiency than liquidity
Pirkko Juntunen explores whether the opportunity has been misunderstood in the asset class
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Special ReportsVarma: Repositioning ahead of new rules
Varma is gearing up for regulatory change that will allow leverage to be used in real estate portfolios, providing more scope to take investment risk
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InterviewsSikander Rashid on Brookfield’s vision to build the ‘backbone of AI’
Brookfield is seeking to invest $100bn in what it terms AI infrastructure. Christopher Walker speaks to Sikander Rashid about leading such an ambitious programme
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AnalysisBeyond theory: Applying AI to infrastructure investment
AI is moving from theoretical application to real-world implementation in the infrastructure sector. Christopher Walker examines the challenges and opportunities arising from the shift
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AnalysisEuropean real estate debt strategies move from beta to alpha
Future returns from real estate debt in Europe will be driven less by interest-rate mechanics and more by asset quality, cashflow resilience and disciplined underwriting. Lauren Mills reports
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InterviewsHow Swiss Life AM's Jan Plückhahn is 'thinking outside the box'
Jan Plückhahn tells Isobel Lee how Swiss Life Asset Managers is seeking out real estate opportunities at a time of disruption
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Special ReportsNo more silos: total portfolio approach and real assets
What is the total portfolio approach, and what might its growing adoption mean for real assets? Christopher Walker reports
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Special ReportsAustralian Retirement Trust: The art of diversification
Australian Retirement Trust is seeking to broaden the mix of its real estate portfolio as part of a targeted push that could see the fund deploy up to A$20bn
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Special ReportsBehind AustralianSuper's need to invest globally in real assets
Carl Astorri tells Florence Chong what is driving AustralianSuper’s offshore investment strategy
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Special ReportsAustralia’s super funds take their capital global
Fuelled by massive inflows, Australia’s superannuation funds are flexing their muscles abroad. Florence Chong reports
