Americas Getting real: Institutional investors create single allocations for real assets strategies Some pension funds are taking a bigger step into investment alternatives, looking to create efficiencies by rolling real estate into a larger “real assets” bucket.
Americas A core opening: New Asia Pacific core open-end funds attest to the growing appeal of the region to long-term investors Managers are launching several new core open-end funds targeting Asia Pacific, signaling Asia Pacific real estate markets are maturing.
Americas Late-cycle investing: Operating skills step to the fore In this economic environment, growth in net operating income becomes the driving force in return.
Americas Good partners: With more GPs and strategies available today, what are institutional investors looking for in a GP in 2018? For real estate GPs, forming institutional investment relationships has become more competitive, and the bar continues to be raised for managers.
Americas Suburban shift: Three reasons office investors are shifting their focus to secondary markets surrounding urban cores Investors are finding suburban markets compelling, and they are shifting their focus in 2018.
Americas Shop talk: A conversation with John Levy John Levy, president of John B. Levy & Co. Levy, spoke about the recently launched the Giliberto-Levy High Yield Real Estate Debt Index.
Americas In real time: The value of data and new transparency expectations When it comes to sharing information between fund managers and plan sponsors, the “normal” of today will not be the normal of the future.
Americas In focus: Highlights from the past year With 2017 in the rearview mirror, let’s look at some highlights from the past year’s editorials that point to where our industry may be headed in the future.
Americas ESG defended at CalPERS The $346 billion California Public Employees’ Retirement System has come out swinging against a report on its ESG investing program.
Americas Real estate investment opportunities in 2018 TH Real Estate predicts the U.S. real estate cycle is on track to continue into 2018 and highlights four sectors that could provide opportunities for investors.
Americas Canadian pension plans nearly fully funded at year-end A booming stock market helped the solvency position of Canadian defined-benefit pension plans improve in 2017.
Americas U.S. adds 148,000 jobs in December The U.S. economy added 148,000 new jobs in December 2017, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.1 percent.
Americas REITs underperformed broader stock market in 2017 The past year was a memorable one for equity markets, but U.S. REITs had a total return of 8.7 percent in 2017.
Americas CalPERS establishes new asset allocations The $346 billion California Public Employees’ Retirement System has established the asset allocation for its investment portfolio for the next four years.
Americas Industrial named strongest property sector of 2017 Industrial has emerged as the strongest property sector and the new favorite among investors.
Americas CPPIB JV buys $1.1b student-housing portfolio A joint venture between the C$328 billion ($262 billion) Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Singapore’s $359 billion GIC and The Scion Group, has acquired a student-housing portfolio.
Americas 2017 ends with a whimper Only 19 funds have so far reported a final closing in fourth quarter 2017, raising an aggregate of $13.6 billion.