NZ pension funds tighten property purse, as Australia widens gap
NZ Super and KiwiSaver funds urged to increase property allocations, to promote sector liquidity.
Brent Melville
Fri, 31 May 2024
Key points
- What’s at stake: New Zealand superannuation money is at record levels, but investment into commercial property has actually declined as an asset allocation over the past 10 years. More investment into direct real estate would bring greater liquidity to the sector.
- Background: Smaller KiwiSaver funds tend to sidestep real estate more than bigger funds, while Australians are sold on the recession-proof nature of bricks and mortar investment.
- Main players: NZ Super Fund, Fisher Funds, Simplicity, CBRE, Zoltan Moricz, AustralianSuper.
New Zealand pension fund money remains scarce when it comes to real estate investment, with about 5% of funds under management targeted at property as an asset class.
That's well under the average 7.3% allocation of Australian super fund providers.
Research by commercial realtor CBRE shows that
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Brent Melville
Fri, 31 May 2024
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Key points
- What’s at stake: New Zealand superannuation money is at record levels, but investment into commercial property has actually declined as an asset allocation over the past 10 years. More investment into direct real estate would bring greater liquidity to the sector.
- Background: Smaller KiwiSaver funds tend to sidestep real estate more than bigger funds, while Australians are sold on the recession-proof nature of bricks and mortar investment.
- Main players: NZ Super Fund, Fisher Funds, Simplicity, CBRE, Zoltan Moricz, AustralianSuper.
NZ pension funds tighten property purse, as Australia widens gap
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