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ART property boss: Investors were wrong to think real estate was easy

ART property boss: Investors were wrong to think real estate was easy

Australian Retirement Trust real estate head Mark Lee says the COVID downturn exposed that treating real estate as an easy asset class was a crucial mistake from investors, and property is not just a “bond replacement with a slightly higher yield”. As the A$20 billion portfolio prepares to double in five years, Lee says future returns will depend increasingly on investors’ ability to “sweat the assets”.

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Denmark’s PKA goes for wind farms

The top-five Danish pension fund, PKA, has made a bigger push into alternatives than its peers, and a good chunk of that allocation comes from direct investment in offshore and onshore wind farms.

ATP factors in many adjustments

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