Private rental sector: The opportunities and challenges

Helen Morrissey
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Recent IPD figures show healthy returns can be had from the residential property sector. Helen Morrissey looks at the opportunities and challenges this sector holds for pension schemes.

At a Glance The residential housing market returned 13.5% in 2014.  More than 80% of UK rental housing stock was built pre-1990 Last year the London Pension Fund Authority announced it wou...

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