Property

Hannah Brenton looks at whether pension funds could benefit from government plans to ease the rules on office-to-residential conversions

AMNT’s Barry Parr dreams of a time when housing and pension investment combine

The government has begun to sell off former assets of the Royal Mail Pension Plan with the sale of £400m of properties to the Santander Pension Scheme.

M&G's real estate investment arm PRUPIM has completed the freehold purchase of Heathrow Terminal 5's Hilton hotel.

Community interest company Catalyst for Homes has launched a new property fund for pension schemes to invest in social and private housing.

Schemes should turn to inflation-linked assets such as long-lease property and mature infrastructure to cope with an insufficient supply of index-linked gilts, say consultants.

Britvic has created a property partnership to provide up to £180m in contributions to its pension plan, after closing its defined benefit section to future accrual.

Listen to our latest Pensions Conjecture debate on Property Investment.

Pension fund property manager Legal & General Property has restructured its senior management team by appointing a new director to oversee its range of funds.

Local authority pension funds offer the best prospects for kick starting a nationwide house building initiative to solve the UK's house shortage, a think tank says.