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Why Surplus LGPS Funds Should Address the Housing Shortage
Mike Weston, an independent consultant, professional pension trustee and former CEO of LGPS Central, highlights that LGPS funds are in a strong surplus position, estimated at around £147bn, at a time of major pooling reforms. This creates an opportunity to redeploy capital more strategically, supported by increased governance capacity and long term investment horizons.
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Whitepapers
25 January 2020
UK Core Long-Income Commercial Real Estate
FOREWORD by Rupert Sheldon, Head of Core REIM UK Defined Benefit (“DB”) Pension Schemes in the UK have traditionally sought to generate required levels of investment return via investing across a balanced strategy, including bonds, equities and alternative assets. These typically include private market strategies such as real estate, private equity and more recently infrastructure. […]
Videos
7 January 2020
Fiera Real Estate Launch
In April 2019, Fiera Real Estate, part of Fiera Capital Corporation (TSX: FSZ) (“Fiera Capital”), the third largest independent asset management firm in Canada, acquired an 80% interest in Palmer Capital. This acquisition marked the start of an evolution for Fiera Real Estate’s UK division to become part of a coordinated and growing global real estate platform. […]
Whitepapers
1 January 2020
The Appeal of Post-Brexit Britain to Real Estate Investors
FOREWORD by Alex Price, CEO, Fiera Real Estate UK Every modern British political generation has faced crises, from Churchill (World War II) to Macmillan (Suez) to Thatcher (The Falkland’s) to Brown (Global Financial Crisis). Boris Johnson’s tenure as PM has only just started but he is already facing this generation’s political crisis, leaving the EU […]
Podcast
8 May 2019
Emma Cullen in Conversation with PlaceTech: Discussing her career journey and Palmer Capital’s digital transformation
Emma Cullen, COO of Palmer Capital, joined Nicola Byrne of PlaceTech to talk about her career journey to date and Palmer Capital’s digital transformation. Originally produced and published by PlaceTech in May 2019. To subscribe to PlaceTech and stay informed on the latest proptech products, trends and research, click here: https://placetech.net/subscribe/ Speakers Emma Cullen – COO […]
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26 April 2019
Alex Price & Peter Cuthbert talk to Susan Freeman about the 80% sale
Alex Price, CEO of Palmer Capital, and Peter Cuthbert, President of Fiera Real Estate, spoke to Susan Freeman of Mishcon de Reya in a PropertyShe podcast. They talk about the recent 80% acquisition of Palmer Capital by Fiera Real Estate and the plans for the future.