Schroders Capital brings new U.K. Real Estate Impact Fund to market

Schroders Capital has launched an impact investment strategy focused on delivering positive social impact outcomes across the United Kingdom.

The U.K. Real Estate Impact Fund will predominantly invest in affordable homes, workplaces and mixed-use town center repurposing projects. Geographically, it will target areas deemed “deprived” by the U.K. government, in alignment with seven of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.

“The COVID pandemic exposed and exacerbated the widening gap in social inequality,” said Sophie van Oosterom, global head of real estate at Schroders Capital. “Schroders Capital’s U.K. Real Estate Impact Fund offers institutional investors the opportunity to be part of the solution to help address regional inequality through investment in real estate assets in more deprived areas in the U.K. The fund will invest to deliver positive, measurable social impact alongside attractive long-term financial returns.”