Australian Super / AusSuper

Australia's biggest retirement fund announced it planned to commit a further £8bn of investment into the UK by 2030, taking its total investment in the country to £18bn, targeting "long-term investment opportunities" such as energy transition and digital infrastructure. Its London-based European team currently has more than 100 staff, which is due to hit 300 over the next six years. In 2024, AustralianSuper embarks on UK student strategy with £120m debut. Is close to buying a £120m student development project in Bristol to create high-spec product through funding and development initiatives; Tim Butler, who set up what would become Student Roost, is working with AustralianSuper to create operating platform. Butler and AustralianSuper are already targeting further deals across multiple locations across the country for the new platform, which is called Abode. | Pension Fund | IDEA: Invest through platforms - PBSA Partner for Germany: "Entry into the student market for AusSuper is also imminent"; working with Tim Butler, the founder of Student Roost, to create a new platform in the UK and is closing in on a £120m debut project in Bristol. Have plans for UK Living platform Apply for job as "Building out our global investment teams and managing more assets internally is a critical area of focus for us." "Given the scale of the fund we need big joint ventures or platforms, because we need scale."

Australia's third-largest pension scheme opened its first international office in London in Nov23 with a pledge to invest £5.25bn across the UK and Europe About 40% of our portfolio is in the living sectors such as build-to-rent, key worker affordable housing, senior living – which in Australia in particular we're a very large investor – as well as some other serviced apartments. Industrial is about 30% and the rest is between office and retail in Australia, where they're not doing too badly. Aware Super expanded into Europe already via Get Living's residential offering, and Vivenio, our Spanish residential platform, as well as our extended stay platform The July, which started off in the Netherlands and is now expanding in London, Dublin and Lisbon. | IDEA: Investor for PBSA as they work with opearting partners like Delancey partnership to invest up to £1bn into UK property, particularly grade-A offices in central London The preference is for operating platforms again which allows for operational flexibility in harvesting the returns. Commitment to invest £5.25bn (€6bn) in real estate, infrastructure and private equity opportunities in the UK and continental Europe over five years, following the opening of a London office in November 2023. | PERE Global Investor 100 2024 Rank #88 | PERE Global Investor 100 2023 Rank #95 | RE allocation $6,941m | RE alloc 6.0%

An $8bn property fund, says it will have to look overseas due to lack of choice. First EU infrastructure deal in 2023

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