Allocation Strategy

The largest public pension system in the US has committed to invest in JPMorgan’s core fund in Asia, and is reportedly seeking investments in Australia.

Institutional investor confidence in European property remains strong despite fears over geopolitical uncertainty, according to a new survey by the Hamburg-based real estate asset manager. 

The Singaporean sovereign wealth fund has warned of “lower and more volatile” investment returns in the coming years amid global market uncertainties.

One more quarter of declining commitments would indicate a sustained investor pullback, consultancy FPL Advisors said.

The sovereign wealth fund of the United Arab Emirates has cut the amount of its assets managed by external managers to 60 percent from 65 percent further signaling its intent to handle more of its own investments directly. 

Volatility in global real estate markets caused by the UK's vote to leave the European Union is likely to be temporary and less severe than currently feared, according to the Chicago-based real estate investment management firm.

The €34.1bn Bern-based Swiss pension giant will initially target open-ended funds in North America and Asia before considering other strategies.

Japanese public pension plan, Chikyoren, has hired UBS Asset Management to invest in overseas real estate after releasing an RFP last July.

Columbia Threadneedle Investments and Canada Life have now suspended trading on their UK retail property funds in the aftermath of Britain’s EU referendum result.

The Swiss investment bank plans to invest the capital primarily in Italy and secondarily in the wider Eurozone.