Church Pension Fund contributes to $75 million clean technology fund.

How big is the gap between what we expect the markets to deliver and what investors need? What should be done with the investment portfolio to close this gap?

Discount rates decreased by 3.56%.

The last year was one of sharp departures from past trajectories. Donald Trump, a firebrand former reality television host, among other ventures, won the US presidential election, bucking what had become a big money-dominated and closely controlled electoral process. His message was unabashedly nativist, flying in the face of decades-long trends such as globalization that were widely assumed to stay.

The 2008 credit crisis highlighted the risks associated with having large sums of money invested in opaque, illiquid assets. Nine years later, little has changed to improve transparency in the alternative investments marketplace.

With so many players within the real assets realm, AEW remained a popular favorite among market practitioners.

The firm was selected for its team structure, incorporation of macroeconomic factors to better facilitate fundamental research within the real estate market, and its ability to identify sourcing opportunities within each property type.