Why are UK insurers investing in commercial ground rents?
AlphaReal is a specialist real assets investment manager. We estimate that UK insurers have invested over £1.5 billion into Commercial Ground Rents (CGRs) over the last 18 months or so.
Commercial Ground Rents | What type of pension schemes should invest?
Over the last two years or so there has been a seismic change in the UK pension scheme investment landscape.
European Commercial Ground Rents
Commercial Ground Rents (‘CGR’) provide investors with index linked cashflows that have bond-like characteristics and offer property owners an attractive form of long-term finance. The parties to a CGR are akin to a borrower and lender, although the relationship is governed by a lease not a loan.
Commercial Ground Rents | An attractive asset class for European insurers
We recently commissioned a survey of European life insurance company investment professionals that collectively oversee €2.73 trillion in assets.