Aegon Asset Management and Mobius Life have launched a version of their Active Beta Property Fund aimed at UK defined contribution (DC) pension schemes, a pensions sector said to find difficulties with accessing the asset class.
Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has invested more than £100 million on UK industrial real estate sites, saying investors were turning to the sector as a result of Covid-19.
Real estate has proven resilient throughout the Covid-19 pandemic so far. Over the course of 2020, global direct property funds saw their net assets grow, despite ripples of market turbulence felt across the investment industry.
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Louise Warden has become head of real estate within the private markets group at Local Pensions Partnership Investments (LPPI), a UK manager for the pooled assets of three pension funds.
Fidelity International has bought a research and development property at Leiden Bio Science Park in the Netherlands for €54 million.
