Investors

Real estate, then private equity top the preferred investments among the 52 percent of respondents who do or want to commit to alternatives, according to a Bear Sterns report.

The $35bn Pennsylvania State Employees’ Retirement System allocates further funds to RE after returning 22 percent from the asset class last year.

As part of a renewed emphasis on alternative investments, the state's retirement fund has made commitments to venture, energy, and distressed funds.

The UK local authority pension fund says it is more cautious about real estate investments amid a general downturn in the British commercial property market.

The Swiss alternative asset manager‘s executive chairman Alfred Gantner said 'the time is back when you’ve got to invest'.

The employee pension of Spain’s second largest bank will start investing 5 percent of its €2.1bn pension fund in alternative assets.

A report from PricewaterhouseCoopers describes an increased LP appetite for real estate, particularly in Asia, but also warns that one-fifth of investors are looking to decrease their exposure to the asset class amid a shrunken asset base.

Sports Venture Partners, a private equity firm founded by ex-NFL player Jim Flanigan and former Redskins marketing director John Wagner has closed its first real estate-focused fund of funds.

The $7.3 billion Arizona Public Safety Personnel Retirement System is looking to significantly increase its exposure to real estate across the US and internationally.

The $121 billion CPPIB today argued before US lawmakers that it should not be lumped in with all sovereign wealth funds, as legislators in California attempt to bar the US’ largest pension groups from investing in private equity funds tied to sovereign wealth funds.