Allocation Strategy

The Swiss insurer’s investing plans include a return to one particular western European market after a 14-year absence.

Henry Chin, head of Asia-Pacific research at CBRE, talks about how region's opportunistic managers will need to move beyond development deals and look at other ways to deploy their funds’ capital before the investment period expires.

The country’s latest regulatory blow, targeting offshore subsidiaries of Chinese companies, is a clear signal that restrictions on outbound investment are intensifying.

Karsten Kallevig, chief executive of Norges Bank Real Estate Management, speaks to Arshiya Khullar on the fund’s debut Asia property deal and what took them so long.

With the acquisition, the New York-based private markets firm’s real estate business would more than double the size of its team and add two new partners.

A greying US population accelerates demand for, and equity and debt interest in, senior housing and medical office real estate, says Al Rabil, chief executive of Kayne Anderson Real Estate Advisors.

As regulatory curbs on both onshore and offshore Chinese entities continue, investors would have to adjust their outbound investment strategies in the coming year, according to Henry Chin, head of research for Asia Pacific at property consultancy CBRE.

In 2014, the Dutch pension manager altered its investment strategy profoundly impacting how it positions real estate in the portfolio today. 

The pension is also planning to diversify its real estate portfolio into core and core-plus strategies in North American and European cities for higher yields

In its latest China deal, Allianz Real Estate has invested $225m in the TH Real Estate China outlet mall vehicle.