Real assets

Our real assets investments are structured to give institutional investors exposure to core real assets through an actively managed portfolio.

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Global Real Estate Securities

This investment seeks to provide current income and long-term capital growth. It strives to outperform the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate Index Net TRI with above-average consistency over a full market cycle.

Global Listed Infrastructure

This investment seeks to provide the potential for excess return streams, stable income potential, and a possible hedge against inflation. It seeks to outperform the S&P Infrastructure Index over a full market cycle.

Commodities

This investment is designed to provide the potential for long-term capital and income growth. It seeks to outperform the Bloomberg Commodity Index Total Return with above-average consistency over a full market cycle.

Real Estate Equity

This investment seeks to outperform the NCREIF Fund Index – Open-End Diversified Core Equity (NFI-ODCE) - RITC* over a full market cycle.

*NFI-ODCE is an equally-weighted, gross of fee, time-weighted return index of open-end (infinite life) funds that are diversified by property type and geographic region, and that invest primarily in core private equity real estate. All funds are held in a fiduciary environment and are composed of income-producing, institutional-quality real properties managed by banks, insurance companies and independent advisors.

Real Asset

This investment seeks favorable returns and a possible hedge against inflation by offering a well-diversified portfolio that invests in global listed infrastructure, global listed real estate, commodities, and treasury inflation-protected securities ("TIPS").

Marketable Real Asset

This investment seeks favorable returns by offering a well-diversified real asset portfolio that invests in global listed infrastructure, global real estate securities, and commodities.

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