German real estate: Pension funds weigh in

Issuers hoping to capitalize from German property securitizations will face stiffer competition for their portfolios.

Real estate has been a prime beneficiary of the pension fund sector’s efforts to diversify away from equities. “Pension funds have traditionally had 3% to 5% of their total allocation in real estate but those already in the sector have now increased this to around 10%,” says Mike Marshall, executive managing director at CBRE Investors. He has also seen a large number of UK pension fund investors (including some large final-salary schemes) investing in real estate for the first time.

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