Residential property: The assets pension schemes are investing in

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In the second of a four-part series looking at residential real estate investment, M&G Real Estate fund manager Alex Greaves and Hermes Real Estate fund director Philip Nell discuss the sort of investments pension schemes are looking to invest in as part of a residential real estate portfolio.

They discuss the merits of the build-to-rent model, the types of asset most attractive to institutional investors and talk about how investors can appraise the opportunities and risks in this asset class.

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