All Pooled funds - Open-ended articles
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White papersPrivate asset allocations in open-ended funds
Allocating to private assets in open-ended funds can offer investors benefits such as diversification, but there are drawbacks, too, like illiquidity. In this second article in a three-part series drawn from a recent paper, we look at how asset managers can construct portfolios for open-ended funds that include allocations to private assets, providing a way for smaller investors to gain exposure.
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PodcastThe True Meaning of Sustainable Investing
Interest in sustainable investing has significantly increased in the past decade. Morningstar estimates the number of sustainable open-ended mutual funds and exchange-traded funds nearly tripled between 2014 and 2019.
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White papers*Allocating to private assets in open-ended funds*
Private assets such as private equity and private debt have come to the fore as a viable alternative for investors looking for returns that were not available in public markets. Investing in private assets may involve concessions on the liquidity of the investments, but their illiquidity premium and the breadth of the asset class can be seen as offsetting factors.
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Asset Manager NewsUnion Investment sees strong growth in real estate business and expands investment universe
Backed by stable cash inflows, Union Investment significantly expanded its real estate business in 2021 while also strategically enhancing its successful property platform.
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Asset Manager NewsNew PATRIZIA Living Cities Residential Fund with EUR 650m seed assets
PATRIZIA, the global partner for pan-European real estate investment, announces the launch of the PATRIZIA Living Cities Residential Fund (“Living Cities” or the “Fund”), an open-ended fund with a core strategy which currently has EUR 650 million of seed assets and is expected to grow to over EUR 1 billion in assets next year.
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Asset Manager News
KGAL Group expands international presence
KGAL GmbH & Co. KG had a successful jubilee year in 2018, with achieving new business volume of around €1.9 billion, and managing an investment volume of €20.5 billion. In the 2019 financial year, KGAL Group plans to further expand its presence outside Germany.
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Asset Manager News
Deka Immobilien acquires space leased to BVLGARI in Australia
Deka Immobilien has acquired partial ownership of a commercial building in Sydney for around EUR 36 million. The property was sold by an international investor and will be added to the open-ended real estate fund Deka-ImmobilienGlobal.
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Asset Manager News
Deka Immobilien acquires office building in London
Deka Immobilien has exchanged contracts to acquire a high-quality office building in London for a “headline price” of £86 million. The vendor is Aberdeen Standard. The property is to be included in the portfolio of the open-ended real estate fund Deka-ImmobilienGlobal.
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Asset Manager News
Deka Immobilien purchases logistics portfolio in Germany
As part of a sale and leaseback transaction, Deka Immobilien GmbH has secured a DSV portfolio of three German properties under a purchase agreement.
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Asset Manager News
KGAL Group has taken an innovative approach to its Austrian property portfolio
KGAL Group has successfully concluded the first conversion of a closed-ended property fund into an open-ended special property fund.
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White papersWhat lessons can we learn from the suspension of open-ended retail property funds?
The UK commercial property market delivered a total return of 9.9% p.a. over the five year period to June 2016 (IPD Quarterly Index).
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Asset Manager News
Deka Immobilien leases large area in the Hamburg Fleethof property
Deka Immobilien has extended a lease agreement for close to 5,600 m² of space with CMS Hasche Sigle, Hamburg.
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Asset Manager News
Timbercreek launches balanced REIT portfolio
New UCITS fund invests in preferred securities of U.S. REITs and common equity of global REITs
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White papers
Magnify: Opportunities in the European logistics sector
Eurozone sentiment indicators, such as consumer confidence, have been continuously improving since the second half of 2013, as has occupier demand for industrial property.
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White papers
Investment case: The UK private rented sector (PRS)
The UK private rented sector (PRS) has doubled in size in the past decade and is now starting to increasingly attract the attention of institutional investors.
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White papers
Opportunities in Asia: Japan's residential sector
Japan boasts the biggest real estate market in Asia, offering investors maturity, transparency and low volatility of returns. That, coupled with a recovering economy, has fuelled investor interest.
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White papers
Investment case: Asia Pacific core real estate
The Asia Pacific (APAC) real estate market has grown into the largest in the world, offering increasingly high levels of maturity, transparency and liquidity.
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UK house prices: how serious is the risk of overheating?
The UK housing market has rebounded over the past 18 months, earning strong returns for investors but also prompting some commentators to express concerns about the risk of overheating.
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Why rate hikes shouldn’t yield trouble for UK real estate
Against a backdrop of widely expected UK interest rate rises, this paper seeks to determine the implications for the real estate market.
