The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is strengthening its partnership with property group Lendlease through an agreement to invest in a new building in south London. The CPPIB is set to invest about £40 million, or 50 per cent of the total investment, with Lendlease supplying the rest. “The fundamentals continue to support the Build-to-Rent […]
Real estate remains a popular asset class for institutional investors seeking to diversify their sources of real returns. As the economic cycle reaches its late stages, where can investors find the best real estate opportunities? Has core real estate in the U.S. run its course? At least half of a sample of 144 institutional investors […]
Real estate is a good option because it can deliver an attractive stream of income that typically grows with inflation, says Michael Peck, senior vice president and head of Canadian Institutional Investments at Invesco Ltd. However, he says that in Canada, real estate prices are quite high and that there may be limited investment opportunities […]
But smaller plan sponsors are having trouble getting there.
Good deals are hard to find - so you need to look closer.
Finding opportunities in global winning cities.
Plan sponsors need to get beyond the home bias in the real estate portfolios.
Coverage of the 2011 Investment Innovation Conference.
Coverage of the 2010 Investment Innovation Conference.
In the context of a multi-asset investment portfolio, real estate provides several advantages, including: (i) Competitive total and risk adjusted returns, (ii) High income yield, (iii) Diversification, (iv) Potential inflation hedge, and (v) Represents a meaningful share of the investable universe. When compared to other asset classes over the long-term, direct real estate provides attractive […]