All Real estate & property articles – Page 7
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Opinion
What is the outlook for property investment, and how is demand shaping up?
What makes property an attractive investment, and can it deliver much needed cash flow to schemes? Barry Fowler from Aviva Investors, Anish Butani from bfinance, Vassos Vassou from Dalriada Trustees, Gerald Wellesley from HR Trustees and Danny Vassiliades from Punter Southall explore the asset class.
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NewsBromley tilts towards income as outflows bite
Faced with a projected cash outflow of nearly £5m in 2016-17, the London Borough of Bromley pension fund is trying to keep income up with a new investment strategy.
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News
Pensions fail to convince savers but attitudes are expected to change
Fewer than half of people view workplace pensions as the most secure form of retirement savings, but experts have said attitudes towards saving for the future could change, driven by the current housing shortage, auto-enrolment developments and the demise of defined benefit pension funds.
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OpinionBuilding for retirement: Why we cannot rely on bricks and mortar
From the blog: With soaring house prices preventing more and more people from owning their own home, future generations may be less likely to be able to supplement their retirement income through property, meaning workplace pensions are becoming more important than ever.
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FeaturesMPs’ scheme votes for secured loans over REITs
The Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund has simplified its property portfolio and invested proceeds in a European loans mandate, with a view to generating income.
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OpinionWhat is needed from the Lisa regulation consultation
Hymans Robertson’s Sharon Bellingham looks at the challenges facing the Lifetime Isa, the need for clear communication around its implementation, and whether it means people will stop saving into pensions.
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News
DB outlook 2017: Investment problems remain as deficits dip
Defined benefit deficits worsened during December to an aggregate IAS 19 deficit of £434bn, as experts added sustained low interest rates and cash flow problems to their concerns for pension funds over the course of 2017.
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FeaturesReuters scheme simplifies strategy in liquidity search
As part of a push to simplify its asset allocation and achieve greater liquidity, Reuters Pension Fund is exiting its property investments, putting some of the proceeds into a new buy-and-maintain mandate and an existing diversified growth fund.
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FeaturesCombined Nuclear seeks inflation linkage with ground rents
The Combined Nuclear Pension Plan has added a commercial ground rents fund to its portfolio as part of its interest in assets with long-term inflation-linked cash flows.
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OpinionWhere to look for value in real assets
Impax Asset Management’s Peter Rossbach explains why pension funds should invest in renewable energy.
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OpinionHow has the Brexit vote affected property investment?
Kames Capital’s David Wise takes a closer look at the state of the property market since the referendum.
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FeaturesComet scheme enters alternatives space
In a bid to improve diversification and returns, the Comet Pension Scheme has added alternatives to its portfolio, as rising deficits and the current economic environment prompt many pension funds to hunt for yield.
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NewsProperty buoys Kent's performance after allocation increase
Kent Pension Fund has made a 15.2 per cent return from its direct property portfolio, less than a year after boosting its overall property holdings to 13 per cent.
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News
Education and advice needed for future of saving
Closing the advice gap is crucial to preventing poor outcomes, as the need for savers to be educated about what will be necessary for retirement and the risks they face has increased.
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News
Is the new Lisa bill signal or noise?
The government last week released its Savings (Government Contributions) Bill, ending speculation about the death of the lifetime Isa and raising questions about the future of pensions policy.
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FeaturesBBC aims to drive down fees in private markets strategy
The BBC scheme lowered its overall investment management fees by £3m over five years, while further increasing its significant exposure to private markets, a move the scheme says allows it to match liabilities at the same time as generating capital growth.
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NewsRailways scheme on track with cost management
The Railways Pension Scheme has saved £100m in fees, having restructured its external management and pooled fund arrangements, but despite being cost-conscious, the fund remains focused on net returns.
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FeaturesRSA scheme targets buy-and-maintain strategy to derisk
The RSA Insurance Group’s Sal Pension Fund is focusing on buy-and-maintain credit as part of an investment strategy overhaul as the scheme looks to further derisk its portfolio following the results of its latest actuarial valuation.
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Features
LPP pools £1.2bn of property amid investor fears over asset class
The Local Pensions Partnership has created a £1.2bn property pool between the London Pensions Fund Authority and Lancashire County Pension Fund as experts have urged schemes not to panic over the recent gating of UK retail property funds.
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News
Property or pension: Where downsizing could pay off
A new report warns people planning to downsize to smaller properties and using the proceeds to fund their retirements that the resulting income will only be a fraction of a workplace pension.