Insights
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
7 July 2025
Single-Family Housing: Why Scotland? Why Now?
The Scottish residential market is facing a pivotal moment. With pressure on housing supply, rental demand rising and a national housing emergency declared, new solutions are urgently needed. In our latest whitepaper, Fiera explores the growing opportunity for single-family housing in Scotland and how it can deliver high-quality, energy efficient rental homes in suburban areas.
Market Commentaries
2 July 2025
From Undersupply to Opportunity: How LGPS Capital is Shaping Single-Family Housing
In conversation with Room 151, Jonathon Ivory, Chief Investment Officer at Packaged Living, explores the strategic role of Single-Family Housing (SFH) in long-term portfolio construction and asset allocation. He discusses how the sector can help tackle the UK’s persistent housing shortage and shares how Fiera and Packaged Living are positioning themselves at the forefront of this growing investment opportunity.
Videos
1 July 2025
AXIS, Waltham Cross
Through our Logistics Development Fund, we are funding the delivery of Axis, Waltham Cross, a brand new Grade A warehouse and logistics development, totalling over 60,000 sq ft, which is being delivered by our operating partner, Wrenbridge.
Whitepapers
18 June 2025
The Open-Ended Question
Demand for fund structures that facilitate dynamically managed allocations to private markets has intensified in recent years. Consequently, investment managers have sought to provide greater optionality, both in respect of portfolio customisation, but also by offering ‘evergreen’ open-ended funds in the semiliquid and illiquid asset space – structures that Fiera Capital has provided for two decades across real estate, natural capital, infrastructure, private equity and private credit asset classes.
Iberia: A Strategic Debt Opportunity