A high level summary of what's being discussed in recent committee meetings:
- Transparency of redemptions and how funds are meeting redemption requests
- The effect of LGPS pooling on indirect property funds.
- Real estate debt funds
- Residential funds
- Impact investing funds
- Widening the data provided in the Property Fund Vision
- The Real Estate Investor Forum
- Education for investors on GRESB reporting
Short Term Objectives
- Improve investors’ knowledge of ESG and responsible investment:
- Help investors understand the various schemes and benchmarks and where their funds sit.
- Work with managers to promote a responsible investment approach and to stress the importance to investors.
- Improve communication with investors:
- Hold more investor seminars.
- Investor representation within funds
- Heighten campaign for investor representation as the default arrangement.
- Ensure minor investors are looked after by funds.
- Look at the evolution of property funds and whether the current universe of funds available to investors was meeting their needs.
Long Term Objectives
- Ensure AREF fully embeds the interest of investors in its DNA.
- Encourage funds to improve governance structures in respect of investor interests.
- Improve education for investors on regulatory change to include what it means for investors and what investors need to be aware of and ask managers about.
- Consider how the transition to a low carbon environment would affect funds.
- Consider how health & safety would have an effect on the reputational interests of funds.
Next meeting: 10 July 2024
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