Our approach

We leverage our integrated real asset platform to design multi-asset solutions that meet a wide variety of our clients’ long-term investment and return objectives. By drawing on the expertise of our teams across real estate, infrastructure, and structured and private debt we source unique deal opportunities and deliver efficient deployment of capital.

Through our scale and experience, we have deep, direct market access and high visibility of off-market deals. Being able to rely on a team of 340 highly-skilled professionals gives us unparalleled access to mainstream and niche sectors, and the ability to manage the complexity of real assets – and their risks – with the aim of delivering robust risk-adjusted returns.

We also embed environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations throughout the investment process, from origination through to due diligence and approvals to development, management and reporting. These are, however, non-binding.

Benefits

Investors can access the benefits delivered by each real asset type in their portfolio, with a bespoke design and construction to meet their requirements.

Client-specific outcomes

Our scale and expertise allow us to source unique deal opportunities across a broad range of real assets, through debt, equity and direct ownership and our knowledge helps us build portfolios with outcomes that will meet specific client demands.

Efficient deployment

We target rapid deal execution and have a robust and sustainable pipeline, with a high success rate of deals.

Co-investment with Aviva

Our co-investment model ensures alignment of interests, disciplined underwriting, and encourages a long-term responsible investment mentality.

Key risks

Investment risk

The value of an investment and any income from it can go down as well as up. Investors may not get back the original amount invested.

Valuation risk

Where funds are invested in real estate / infrastructure, investors may not be able to switch or cash in an investment when they want because real estate / infrastructure may not always be readily saleable. If this is the case, we may defer a request to switch or cash in shares or units. Investors should also bear in mind that the valuation of real estate is generally a matter of valuers’ opinion rather than fact.

Real assets team

  • Daniel McHugh

    Chief Investment Officer, Real Assets

  • Ben Sanderson

    Managing Director, Real Estate

  • Darryl Murphy

    Managing Director, Infrastructure

  • Melanie Collett

    Head of Asset Management

  • Mark Meiklejon

    Head of Real Asset Investment Specialists

  • James Tarry

    Senior Portfolio Manager, Alternative Income

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    Explore our real assets range

    Real estate

    Outcome-oriented solutions in real estate, through strategies that span the risk spectrum, from lower-risk options generating long-term income to more opportunistic investments.

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    Infrastructure

    Our deep market access allows us to source high-quality projects, delivered through a range of senior debt opportunities or via the acquisition of assets. We focus on stable, long-term income generation and efficient execution.

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    Private debt

    We finance bespoke structured finance and senior private corporate debt transactions, providing our investors with outcomes that meet their investment objectives.

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    Outcome focused

    Our integrated real asset platform allows us to collaborate with our clients to design bespoke multi-asset portfolios that meet a wide variety of long-term investment and return objectives.

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    Sustainable real assets in the spotlight

    Just when we thought things were returning to normal after the social, economic and market upheaval caused by the pandemic, the events of 2022 presented new challenges for investors. It was in that context in late 2022 that we took the pulse of key investment decision makers at 500 institutional investors representing a combined $3.5 trillion of assets on their appetite for real assets, including those with a sustainable focus. Read the results in our Real Assets Study 2023.

     

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