How Did Alts, a Jumble of Different Things, Get So Popular?
In a time of LDI and other de-risking, they seem less risky than stocks, yet offer decent returns.
Tag: real estate
Asset Allocation
Brunel Hits Carbon Intensity Target, Varma’s Real Estate to Be Carbon Free by 2030
European funds with a combined $87.2 billion in assets look to reduce their carbon footprints.
Market Moves
Schwarzman Dodges Bullet: Boosts Warehouses, Dumps Hotels, Malls
His Blackstone Group’s real estate arm manages to avoid bad trends and embrace good ones.
Alternatives
Alternative Investors Target Health Care, Logistics, Shun Real Estate
Managers see short-term disruption from pandemic but are optimistic about the long term.
Market Moves
Sam Zell: Nice Distressed Real Estate Bargains Are Ahead
The Grave Dancer says virus shock will scar Americans’ psyches, but should benefit bargain hunters like him.
Asset Allocation
Institutional Investors to Reduce Real Estate Investments in 2020
Pension funds, endowments, foundations plan to cut property commitments by 11%.
Alternatives
OP-ED: Getting Ahead of Structural Change After the Chaos
Shifts to consider when planning future investments.
Alternatives
NY State Pension Invested $2.7 Billion in Alts Just Before Market Tanked
The $210.5 billion fund invested more than $2.2 billion in private equity and no money in public equities.
Alternatives
Investors ‘Double Down’ on Alts Amid Market Turmoil
Market concern is increasing investors’ appetite for alternative assets.
News
Chinese Family Offices Return 11% in 2019
Private equity is the top performer, while fixed income is the largest allocation.
News
Private Equity Funds Raise Nearly $600 Billion in 2019
Real estate fundraising tops $150 billion while private debt activity slows.
News
Los Angeles Explores Direct Infrastructure Investment Strategy for Local Projects
LACERA expands its analysis of alternative investment strategies to engage with the real asset class for the first time.
Research
No. 1 Economy-Affecting Trend for the Next 30 Years: Aging Populations
The graying of many nations tops other big issues, like climate change, Investcorp survey of institutional investors says.
Asset Allocation
Washington State Investment Board Posts 8.36% Return
The top-tier returns beat other pension plans, boosted by the pension’s plan large commitments to private markets.
CalPERS Picks Local Real Estate Manager
New developer announced a week after the fund terminated the previous developer’s contract.