All articles by Pirkko Juntunen
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Special ReportsHow nature-friendly is clean energy?
The growing convergence of climate and biodiversity risks is reshaping how investors assess renewable infrastructure portfolios. Pirkko Juntunen reports
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Special ReportsClimate and nature pose interconnected risks for investors
Institutional real assets investors increasingly recognise the importance of integrating biodiversity considerations alongside climate risk into their investment decision-making. But what, asks Pirkko Juntunen, is holding back implementation?
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AnalysisIs this year’s El Niño a wake-up call for real assets investors?
A ‘super’ El Niño does not introduce a new category of risk but rather intensifies existing vulnerabilities
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AnalysisIPE Real Assets ESG Briefing
Is water becoming the ultimate anchor for biodiversity strategies?
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AnalysisCan Spain’s proposed sovereign wealth fund crowd in institutional capital to housing?
Pirkko Juntunen talks to Diego Valero about what España Crece means for investors
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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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Special ReportsIndustriens Pension: Shifting the focus to Europe
Industriens Pension plans to ramp up its real estate allocation with a greater European tilt and selective sector expansion
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AnalysisIPE Real Assets ESG Briefing
Finnish residential strategy incorporates digitalisation and decarbonisation
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AnalysisAI ‘operating system’ opens new vistas for real estate
A budding AI-powered platform is exploiting the vast amount of real estate data from sources as diverse as PDFs, inboxes and individual memories to transform the industry
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Special ReportsAP2: Nature as a cross-cutting financial factor
AP2 has embedded natural capital across its entire portfolio, using it to underpin its strategy for risk management, due diligence and engagement with investee companies
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Special ReportsBCI: A long-view, cycle-led approach to natural capital
British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI) has been active in the natural capital space for two decades with an approach focused on long-term stewardship, cycle-aware deployment and respect for local realities
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Special ReportsPhysical climate risk moves centre stage for real assets
Once the preserve of insurers and climate modelling specialists, physical risk analysis is fast becoming embedded in institutional investors’ acquisition, underwriting and asset management processes.
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Special ReportsOxygen Conservation: Poised for a step change
Oxygen Conservation is convinced that buying land for large-scale nature restoration is on the verge of a golden age as institutional investors discover the opportunity
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Special ReportsNEST: Sticking with timberland – for now
NEST made a deliberate move into timberland just over a year ago, and while geographic expansion is on the cards, the UK pension fund is not considering other natural capital assets for the time being
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AnalysisIPE Real Assets ESG Briefing
From a year of pragmatism in 2025 to a year of resilience in 2026
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AnalysisIPE Real Assets ESG Briefing
Biodiversity impact, once peripheral to risk modelling, is rapidly becoming central
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AnalysisIPE RA ESG Briefing: Regulation lag spurs private leadership in natural capital
Natural capital is transitioning from a niche concern to a mainstream investment theme
