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In his latest article for IPE Real Assets, Charles Allen, Head of European Real Estate, sheds light on the alternative asset classes that are capturing pension funds attention. With a supply-demand dislocation as the driving force behind UK investment opportunities, Charles writes that “Buying British” is the logical next move for real estate investors.

Learn more Pension Funds Are ‘Buying British’ Through Their Exposure to Alternatives

The UK investor has few choices to deliver income that can meet their long-term needs. Despite having less liquidity, private markets, and more specifically real estate, might be the best answer.

Learn more The Appeal of UK Core Long-Income Commercial Real Estate Investing: An Attractive Alternative to Traditional Liability Matching

The principles of core real estate investing are simple: lease your property, collect your rents, watch the rent grow over time and enjoy capital appreciation where market conditions permit. At the end of the lease term, be ready to refurbish the property and lease it up again.

Learn more Core Commercial Real Estate Investing: Flattening the Depreciation Curve

The investment thesis for agriculture was put to the test in 2020 as the COVID-19 crisis unfolded. There were both positive and negative economic factors arising from the pandemic and its impact on the economy, however, on balance, the agricultural markets and economies emerged relatively unscathed.

Learn more Agriculture’s resilient 2020 paves way for solid 2021

With 10-year UK Government bonds (“Gilts”) and US Treasury Bonds offering 0.8% and 1.6% respectively at the time of writing and the FTSE 100 Index offering an aggregated dividend yield of 3.8% as at 31st December 2020, what is a fair yield for core UK real estate?

Learn more UK Commercial Real Estate: High Yield Needn’t Mean High Risk