Yet that shift to
increase real estate allocations will not happen overnight and will likely be a gradual process with allocations that will grow over the next several years.
55 % was in equities (public and private), 22 % in fixed income, with the balance beyond the 13 %
real estate allocation in other real assets like infrastructure, land and resources.
Over the past seven years, pension funds»
real estate allocations ranged between 5 percent and 7 percent of total assets, according to Suzanne Mulvee, real estate economist with the CoStar Group, a Washington, D.C. — based research firm.
«Sovereign wealth funds have been a big part of the market over the past five years and [their role is] increasing,» he said, citing Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund, which expressed interest in
growing real estate allocation.
For sponsors, the ability to deliver sound investment opportunities is met with consistent demand for a
higher real estate allocation among HNW investors and family offices.
As large scale «trophy» assets become more difficult to source and as property prices continue to climb, foreign investors are increasingly looking to debt markets as a means of fulfilling their
U.S. real estate allocations.
«It's my view that pension funds will continue to increase their
commercial real estate allocations, particularly when you have a low interest rate environment and low returns on alternative investments,» says Christopher R. Ludeman, president of capital markets with global real estate services firm CBRE Group Inc. «There will be continued movement to expand their real estate equities.
Private real estate equity funds continue to be the favored choice for
real estate allocations.
Investors who are looking to increase
their real estate allocation but don't want to buy individual holdings should consider purchasing a REIT ETF.
The final ingredient is
the real estate allocation, which is also globally diversified, with just a tiny amount to Canadian REITs.
Pension funds are generally at target goals related to
real estate allocations and are not feeling pressure to put more capital into real estate right now, McMenomy says.
While pension funds have been conservative with
their real estate allocations after getting burned in the real estate crash of the 1990s, they find themselves today in an environment where commercial real estate represents the best risk - adjusted return, according to Conway.
More than half of the respondents with multi-asset portfolios said that they would increase
their real estate allocations in the next 12 months.
Family offices have seen a slight dip in
real estate allocations, but new data suggests they're still sold on the asset class as an investment target.
Private real estate equity funds continue to be the favored choice for
real estate allocations.
«Many of our clients are increasing
their real estate allocations,» says Maher.
The California Public Employees» Retirement System (CalPERS), for example, raised
its real estate allocation to 9 % in 2002.
What's more, the banks are facing pressure from the government to limit their exposure to real estate, which means
their real estate allocations will likely be below average next year.
The $ 176 billion California State Teachers» Retirement System, for example, raised
its real estate allocation from 8 % to 11 % in 2006, but the stock market swoon has lifted it closer to 12 %.
A recent survey by JP Morgan Asset Management found that 44 % of respondents from public funds plan to increase
their real estate allocations and 10 % plan to decrease them.
Wall Street is now out of commission, commercial banks are either dealing with their own solvency issues or are at a complete loss about how to value real estate properties and insurance providers have already exceeded
their real estate allocations for 2008.
L&B Realty Advisors» institutional clients typically work with a 10 %
real estate allocation, which recently has been funded at 5 % or 6 %.
Their real estate allocations are already too high because of falling stock prices and they are not currently raising mountains of extra cash through the issuance of new insurance policies.
Pension funds, meanwhile, plan to raise the portion of
their real estate allocation devoted to foreign investments to 6.2 percent on average this year, up from 3.5 percent in 2012, according to a yearly survey of 80 such funds by the publication Institutional Real Estate Inc..
Many insurance companies that traditionally invest in real estate are approaching
their real estate allocation limits.
Phrases with «real estate allocations»