REIT – Benefits Canada.com https://www.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Thu, 02 May 2024 15:20:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 2023 GIC coverage: Resiliency of commercial office real estate keeping remote working ‘doom loop’ at bay https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/post-event-coverage/2023-gic-coverage-resiliency-of-commercial-office-real-estate-keeping-remote-working-doom-loop-at-bay/ Tue, 06 Jun 2023 11:49:29 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=137351 The commercial office real estate doom loop that was expected from the growth in remote working hasn’t really caught on, according to Victor Couture, assistant professor of economics at the University of British Columbia’s Vancouver School of Economics, speaking during the Canadian Investment Review‘s 2023 Global Investment Conference. Remote work is almost certainly here to stay, which is why […]

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]]> Use of custom TDFs increasing among U.S. DC pension plans: report https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/dc-investments/use-of-custom-tdfs-increasing-among-u-s-dc-pension-plans-report/ Tue, 03 Jan 2023 14:00:23 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=131996 U.S. defined contribution pension plan sponsors are increasingly offering custom target-date funds, according to a new report by the Defined Contribution Institutional Investment Association. The report, which analyzed 100 DC plans in both the public and private sectors, found the plan sponsors used more than 1,000 investment strategies involving custom target-date funds in 2021, up […]

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]]> 2022 DBIF coverage: DB plan sponsors urged to consider value-add of REITs during economic downturns https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/alts/2022-dbif-coverage-db-plan-sponsors-urged-to-consider-value-add-of-reits-during-economic-downturns/ Mon, 19 Dec 2022 12:58:36 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=131236 In the current market, institutional investors should consider increasing allocations to real estate and real estate investment trusts, said Joseph Shaw, managing partner and head of institutional sales at Hazelview Investments, during the Canadian Investment Review’s 2022 Defined Benefit Investment Forum.  In the past decade, the average defined benefit pension plan’s allocation to real estate has risen, […]

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]]> 2022 Risk Management Conference: How economic cycles impact global REITs https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/2022-risk-management-conference-how-economic-cycles-impact-global-reits/ Thu, 06 Oct 2022 11:54:18 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=127071 While publicly traded real estate investment trusts have been impacted by rising interest rates, the extent of the impact varies from market to market, said Corrado Russo, managing partner and head of global securities at Hazelview Investments, during a session at the Canadian Investment Review‘s 2022 Risk Management Conference. “It’s not shocking to see those [markets] that […]

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]]> 2022 Risk Management Conference: Concordia University re-evaluating integrated investment policy https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/cir-news-news/2022-risk-management-conference-concordia-university-re-evaluating-integrated-investment-policy/ Thu, 06 Oct 2022 11:47:13 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=126802 Institutional investors’ best laid plans sometimes go awry — especially following global pandemics. During a presentation at the Canadian Investment Review‘s 2022 Risk Management Conference, Marc Gauthier, treasurer and chief investment officer at Concordia University, said the dramatic events shaping the world in the past two years have challenged the university’s carefully designed investment model. […]

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]]> Caisse makes first infrastructure equity investment in Spain, CPPIB to sell stake in London real estate https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/caisse-makes-first-equity-infrastructure-investment-in-spain-cppib-to-sell-stake-in-london-real-estate/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/caisse-makes-first-equity-infrastructure-investment-in-spain-cppib-to-sell-stake-in-london-real-estate/#respond Tue, 13 Oct 2020 08:52:59 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/caisse-makes-first-equity-infrastructure-investment-in-spain-cppib-to-sell-stake-in-london-real-estate/ The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is buying a portfolio of 73 photovoltaic plants from Q-Energy Ltd., the first step in creating a new platform in Spain that seeks to aggregate further renewable assets. The transaction will be finalized in the coming months, after which Q-Energy will continue to provide comprehensive management of […]

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/cir-news/caisse-makes-first-equity-infrastructure-investment-in-spain-cppib-to-sell-stake-in-london-real-estate/feed/ 0 Opportunities for institutional investors in an aging society https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/opportunities-for-institutional-investors-in-an-aging-society/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/opportunities-for-institutional-investors-in-an-aging-society/#respond Fri, 21 Dec 2018 04:54:17 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/opportunities-for-institutional-investors-in-an-aging-society/ While an increasingly aging society will certainly affect the future of retirement savings and health care in Canada, this growing demographic shift may also offer an opportunity for institutional investors. “Within a decade or two, the largest single household cohort will be seniors,” says James McKellar, director of the Brookfield Centre in Real Estate and […]

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/opportunities-for-institutional-investors-in-an-aging-society/feed/ 0 CPPIB, AIMCo team up with industrial REIT to acquire U.S. logistics real estate https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/alts/cppib-aimco-team-up-with-industrial-reit-to-acquire-u-s-logistics-real-estate/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/alts/cppib-aimco-team-up-with-industrial-reit-to-acquire-u-s-logistics-real-estate/#respond Tue, 31 Jul 2018 05:57:34 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/cppib-aimco-team-up-with-industrial-reit-to-acquire-u-s-logistics-real-estate/ The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, the Alberta Investment Management Corp. and the WPT Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust are joining forces to aggregate a portfolio of U.S. industrial properties in key logistics markets. “The combination of AIMCo and CPPIB’s scale and sophistication creates a long-term opportunity that will meet the needs of our clients and stakeholders,” said […]

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/alts/cppib-aimco-team-up-with-industrial-reit-to-acquire-u-s-logistics-real-estate/feed/ 0 To shop or drop: Retail investing in the wake of Sears’ demise https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/demise-of-sears-canada-latest-pressure-for-investors-watching-how-retail-sector-will-adapt/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/demise-of-sears-canada-latest-pressure-for-investors-watching-how-retail-sector-will-adapt/#respond Fri, 16 Mar 2018 04:58:14 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/demise-of-sears-canada-latest-pressure-for-investors-watching-how-retail-sector-will-adapt/ When Sears Canada Inc. announced it was going to liquidate its stores in 2017, the chain’s demise was a big concern for pension plan members worried about a big deficit in the company’s defined benefit plan. But also among the parties affected were some of Canada’s largest pension funds, which own more than two dozen […]

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]]> https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/demise-of-sears-canada-latest-pressure-for-investors-watching-how-retail-sector-will-adapt/feed/ 0 High-dividend REITs a good alternative to fixed income: report https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/alts/high-dividend-reits-a-good-alternative-to-fixed-income-report/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/canadian-investment-review/alts/high-dividend-reits-a-good-alternative-to-fixed-income-report/#respond Thu, 11 Jan 2018 04:00:03 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/high-dividend-reits-a-good-alternative-to-fixed-income-report/ The prices of global real estate investment trusts will likely rise in 2018, reaching returns of between eight and 10 per cent, according to a report by Timbercreek Asset Management Inc. “We hear everyday about the continued highs that equities make and continued momentum and the concerns around valuations: Can this keep going?” says Corrado Russo, senior managing director […]

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