Real Assets

The Fidelity Real Estate Logistics Impact Climate Solutions Fund will invest in Western Europe’s logistics sector with the aim to transform existing ‘brown’ buildings into carbon neutral properties.

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The investment is London-based M&G’s second in Greencore Homes, having previously taken a majority stake in the builder of modular, low carbon homes.

A £10m commitment from the social impact investor bolsters a fund expected to finance thousands of new homes and which has now made its first deployment.

Impact considerations are on the rise among real estate investors who want to see both social and environmental goals as the cornerstone of investment strategies.

The UK’s local government pension fund plans to back specialist sectors such as supported and regulated housing and SME financing with a focus in the south-west of England.

Affordable housing is one of the busiest areas of impact investing at present. This study by three Lucerne academics with an entrepreneurial bent is well timed, if perhaps just a first step, writes Christopher Walker.

There is massive shortage of affordable housing in the UK and the characteristics of the asset class are ideal for institutional investors. Pension funds are attracted to the prospect of stable long-term income to match liabilities.

A survey by Apha Real Capital shows increased interest from local authority pension funds in social infrastructure investments, ranging from education, health and social housing.

We meet with Catherine Webster, the newly appointed CEO of Places for People’s subsidiary PFP Capital, and discuss their approach to driving social housing forward.