Americas Finding its place: What opportunities exist for real estate investment in defined contribution retirement plans? For defined benefit investors, the advantages of investing in private real estate are undeniable; but, historically, defined contribution plans have not offered the same opportunity.
Americas Greening up: Some value-added investors find an advantage in ESG Due to its buy-rehabilitate-sell strategy, the noncore real estate sector is perceived as having more difficulty establishing its credibility in the sustainable-investing space than the core sector does.
Americas The new economics of sustainable real estate The commercial real estate industry has done a considerable amount of work to construct and upgrade commercial structures so they are more sustainable.
Americas Investing on the digital frontier: Strong growth is expected in the data center market, but where does the asset class fit in investors’ portfolios? It is tempting to think of data centers as simply another category of real estate — but data centers are different, with high demands for power.
Americas Shop talk: A conversation with Farouki Majeed Farouki Majeed, CIO of the School Employees Retirement System of Ohio, answered a few questions about the role real estate plays in the retirement system’s portfolio.
Americas Greater than the sum of its parts: Homogenize industrial real estate portfolios to maximize returns An industrial aggregation strategy can allow investors to achieve premium pricing on industrial portfolio sales by catering to the market’s largest buyers.
Americas The shift to defined contribution plans: The cow you’ve been milking is drying up The shift from defined benefit to defined contribution retirement systems will overturn all of the capital sources as well as the investment products involved.
Americas Office market sees rising rents, but slowing absorption A rising tide of new office projects may be skewing the national average rental rate upward and obscuring increased leasing challenges .
Americas CalSTRS reconfigures real estate, REIT portfolios The $242 billion California State Teachers’ Retirement System is planning to bolster its investment in REITs and increase its target allocation to real estate.
Americas Fed cuts interest rates for third time in 2019 The Federal Open Market Committee announced a 0.25 percent cut in the target federal funds rate on Oct. 30.
Americas Tech firms to invest in affordable housing in California Affordable housing has become a critical topic in California — and several technology giants have pledged billions of dollars to fund its development.
Americas Mixed bag: Returns down slightly, but market values reach another new high The return for institutional investors as measured by the NCREIF Property Index (NPI) was 1.41 percent in the third quarter.
Americas Moving on up: 38 new investment funds were launched in Q3 2019 A total of 38 new investment funds were launched during third quarter 2019, continuing the rollercoaster of investment fund launchings.
