Canadian Real Estate: A Strategic Shield Against Monetary Debasement

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.

In his latest opinion piece with Institutional Real Estate, Inc, Charles Allen, Head of European Real Estate at Fiera Real Estate Europe, sets out why UK single-family housing represents a natural evolution of institutional investment in living sectors. Against a backdrop of structural undersupply, he highlights the sector’s robust market fundamentals, growing demand and role in delivering new housing supply, with scalable income, professional management and local execution increasingly key to performance - driving single-family housing higher up the agenda for long-term investors.