All Real estate & property articles – Page 11
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News
Alternatives overtake equities as schemes diversify
Data analysis: Alternative investments were a clear favourite in the second quarter among pension schemes looking to property and infrastructure to diversify portfolios, investment data have shown.
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Opinion
How to unlock inflation linkage from long-lease
The long-lease property market is starting to diversify beyond supermarkets, opening up further opportunities for schemes to access inflation linkage through domestic real assets
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Opinion
Circling vultures get mixed reception from consultants
Preying on weaker assets, vulture funds offer investors a different approach to property investment. This feature from our The Specialist series investigates whether the risks inherent in this strategy make it a sensible course for pension schemes to take.
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Opinion
How real assets fit into your inflation battle
With bond-like income and growth potential, how can real assets can help control inflation-linked benefits? The supplement’s big story looks at how schemes are managing this key risk.
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Opinion
CofE scheme ups overseas property to reduce UK bias
Property constitutes 7.5 per cent of the Church of England pension fund’s growth assets, but its faith in overseas markets in particular has led it to target a 10 per cent allocation.
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NewsDC daily pricing blocking illiquid investments
Liquidity requirements for defined contribution schemes are hampering their investment returns and ability to compete with defined benefit plans on the replacement income provided in retirement, an institutional investor group has warned.
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FeaturesIndex-linked assets valued in low gilt yield environment
In this edition of Investment Blueprint, Aviva Investors’ Chris Laxton looks at the various options for schemes seeking to hedge their inflation liability through index-linked assets such as housing and infrastructure.
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Features
Survey: Schemes concerned over PFI mixed messages
Owen Walker finds schemes are being put off investing in infrastructure due to the UK government’s unclear attitude to private finance initiatives (PFI).
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FeaturesBA opts for real assets to match liabilities
The airline’s £8bn New Airways Pension Scheme has launched an investment portfolio of property and infrastructure to manage long-term inflation risk
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FeaturesBAE property portfolio suffers due to lack of London exposure
As BAE Systems weighs up a merger with EADS, the defence company’s UK scheme has identified reasons why its property investments produced disappointing results over the past year