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Fiera Employees from the canadian equity team

Fiera Employees from the canadian equity team

In our latest report, Michael Le Coche, Vice President, Research and Predictive Analytics, identifies key trends shaping Canada’s real estate landscape today, and where the most compelling opportunities in Canadian real estate lie for investors seeking income durability with inflation protection.

Attractive fundamentals and a deepening occupier market continue to strengthen the investment case for ground-up development of best-in-class small to mid-box logistics in urban locations. Specialist managers developing and managing portfolios of high-quality, institutional-grade UK stock look set to outperform other sectors across this next phase of the real estate cycle and beyond.

Dominic Bokor-Ingram, Senior Portfolio Manager for Emerging and Frontier Markets, joined Asset TV to discuss key trends and opportunities in Emerging Markets. The conversation highlighted inefficiencies in major emerging market indices, compared opportunities across Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, and Poland, and delved into the perception-reality gap within the market.

Mike Weston, an independent consultant, professional pension trustee and former CEO of LGPS Central, highlights that LGPS funds are in a strong surplus position, estimated at around £147bn, at a time of major pooling reforms. This creates an opportunity to redeploy capital more strategically, supported by increased governance capacity and long term investment horizons.

How can foundations and endowments preserve their wealth?

As we move into the second half of 2023 and the start of my second year as Head of European Real Estate at Fiera, it is an interesting moment to reflect on the past 12 months, which have certainly not been dull from a market perspective and consider what we can expect from the remainder of the year, with the mood music around inflation becoming increasingly downbeat.

Agriculture is emerging as an integral asset class for institutional investors seeking diversification, resilience and long-term value creation.