Allocation Strategy

The Japanese pension giant has stepped up its alternatives asset manager search and issued a call for applications for global private equity, infrastructure and real estate funds of funds.

Executives from some of the biggest names in global real estate are seeking to mitigate risk, but are employing different approaches to do so.

The Canadian investor plans to invest up to $246m in its maiden retail investment partnership in India.

Sterling’s depreciation since the ‘Brexit’ vote, coupled with a slight drop in capital values, has led UK commercial real estate to be discounted by 16% on average to overseas capital, the property consultancy said.

Stronger economic growth, the availability of debt capital, and a more positive outlook from investors are driving global property capital flows in 2017, according to the property consultancy’s latest investor survey.

The UC Board of Regents will up its PE allocation for its $9.9bn endowment at the expense of public equities and fixed income, but said it will take its time and doesn’t want to ‘just fill a box’.

Private investors from Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States are no longer a rarity in the global commercial property market, a survey by Tranio has revealed.

The Government Pension Fund of Thailand has brought its backing of Cleveland-based advisory and investment firm Townsend to $400m with a second equity commitment.

The head of the Canadian pension plan increased its real estate development activity by more than 50% last year.

The Canadian pair are providing the Sydney-headquartered logistics operator with more than $1bn to expand in Indonesia and elsewhere in Southeast Asia.