The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec’s real estate arm, Ivanhoé Cambridge, has appointed Chanakya Chakravarti as managing director of India, growth markets, effective Jan. 8, 2018. In the role, Chakravarti will be responsible for implementing investment and asset management strategies in India. With more than 27 years of experience, including 20 years in real estate advisory, investment and […]
The median solvency ratio for Canadian defined benefit plans rose to 100.7 per cent in October as equity markets continued to rally, according to Aon Hewitt’s monthly median solvency ratio survey. The figure is 1.4 percentage points higher than the beginning of October and the highest level since the survey recorded 102 per cent in 2002. Of surveyed plans, […]
As the economy continues to face major technological disruption, investors will face an increasingly competitive environment to find the best real estate opportunities, a panel of experts suggested at an event in Toronto on Thursday. “Every time you hear the word challenge, you should hear opportunity,” said Tim Bellman, head of global research on Invesco Ltd.’s real estate […]
La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec’s real estate arm, Ivanhoé Cambridge, and QuadReal Property Group are investing up to US$800 million in a logistics venture in India. The venture, a partnership between real estate logistics specialist LOGOS Group and Indian construction company Assetz Property Group, was first announced in August 2017. Focused on developing […]
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Using global real estate strategically can help enhance diversification, manage overall portfolio risk and insulate overall portfolios from future market shocks, according to Tracey Luke, senior director of product management at Invesco Ltd., speaking at the 2017 Global Investment Conference. Institutional trends around the globe are pointing to an increase in allocations from institutional investors in […]
The Alberta Investment Management Corp. and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board are partnering with Starlight Group Property Holdings Inc. to acquire a multi-family property in Denver for US$1.3 billion. Besides Denver, the partnership aims to acquire Class A, recently constructed, multi-family communities in the suburban markets of Atlanta; Dallas and Austin, Texas; Orlando and Tampa, […]
The real estate arm of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System will acquire the Sony Center in Berlin for $1.6 billion (1.1 billion euros). In partnership with Madison International Realty, the investment marks Oxford Properties’ first foray into the Berlin market. The Sony Center is a 112,000-square-feet, mixed-used complex in Potsdamer Platz. It comprises eight […]
Pension plans have developed an appetite for real assets in recent years, but what does the term actually include? In response to demands from asset managers for more information about real assets, the S&P Dow Jones Indices created a benchmark index for the area in 2015, said Jodie Gunzberg, the organization’s managing director of product management. “We […]