Winners Testimonials 2018

“I want to thank you sincerely for your recognition of Ivanhoé Cambridge at this year's awards. Since 2010, we have invested much effort in transforming our organisation to seize the opportunities presented in today’s ever-evolving world of real estate investments and pension funds. Our challenge has been, and remains, maintaining the highest level of performance in an increasingly complex world. We know you put a lot of energy into delivering a strong conference and a highly credible awards ceremony. Yours is a rare platform that takes a look at how we pension funds try to make a difference around the planet.”
Ivanhoé Cambridge
Winner, Global Real Estate Investor of the Year, Investment in Emerging Markets, Listed Strategy and Value-added Strategy
“The National Pension Service is immensely pleased and honoured to receive two awards in the Asia Pacific and Core & Core-Plus Strategies sections in 2018 after such a prestigious award as Global Real Estate Investor of the Year in 2017. We are, particularly excited to win the Core & Core-Plus Strategies for the first time. This highlights how the efforts of our alternative investment team, especially those in real estate, have paid off. We thank IPE Real Assets and the judges for their recognition of our strategies and performance. We plan to increase our allocation further to alternatives including real estate and infrastructure and as such we hope to continue our long-standing relationship with IPE Real Asset and thank their teams for organising the awards.”
INational Pension Service
Winner, Asia Pacific and Core & Core-plus Strategies
 “Winning the category Alternatives Strategy category is a much welcome acknowledgement of the hard work our real estate team has put into developing and diversifying our real estate portfolio further – expanding to new areas in the more “alternative” field. Since 2012 we have worked determinedly with sustainability certification of new real estate investments – for the past two years certifying for at least DGNB Gold-level. Earlier this year we implemented a very unique Housing Platform based on a value, sustainability and technical programmes distancing us even further from other real estate investors. Being ahead of the curve as the jury stated is exactly where we’d like to be.”
PensionDanmark
Winner, Alternatives Strategy
“It feels really good to receive an award. Immediately after receiving the trophy, we received congratulations from peers and the whole board of directors. It is a great recognition of the hard and professional work and a real motivator to continue working hard for our affiliates.”
Integrale
Winner, Belgium and France
“MN considers the Portfolio Construction award an important milestone in the development of our national and international real estate activities. We are also grateful for the perceived appreciation of our activities to improve the core real estate universe in Europe and the transparency of this sector. The award motivates us to continue in the same way and to keep on acting as a cornerstone investor in various funds through Europe.”
MN
Winner, Portfolio Construction
“The IPE Real Estate Global Conference & Awards is a key event for the real estate industry and the most unique event for us to network with leading pension funds and investment managers. Being an IPE Real Estate Award Winner is a great honour as it shows our success in a very competitive and challenging industry and motivates us to enhance our approach and to deliver sustainable returns.”
WPV
Winner, Medium Real Estate Investor of the Year and Austria, Germany and Switzerland
“Winning the IPE Global Real Estate award for Small Real Estate Investor 2018, validates all the hard work and choices made to set up this diversified strategy and risk management approach. SBZ Pensioen is proud to be recognised for this strategy thanks to displaying an innovative, total portfolio approach to implementation.”
SBZ Pensioen
Winner, Small Real Estate Investor of the Year
“Although we consider ourselves already a seasoned investor in the Baltic real estate market with vast local experience and leading role, we understand that from a global perspective we are still a relatively new real estate investor. We are truly proud that the jury praised our well-structured and prudent strategy that allows a stable and secure passage into real estate investing. Looking at the other awards winners, it’s going to be a motivator for us to strive and achieve greater excellence and expand our real estate programme further.”
Swedbank
Winner, Newcomer
“The platinum Real Assets & Infrastructure Investor award is a great source of internal pride and great recognition of our processes. It also gave us the opportunity to speak more broadly about our good results and major dedication to investment in infrastructure. Industriens Pension has investments in infrastructure totaling DKK 17bn in almost 350 different assets, and infrastructure is an important building block in our portfolio.”
Industriens Pension
Winner, Real Assets & Infrastructure Investor of the Year
“We recognise how winning this IPE Real Estate award underlines the Foundation’s continued commitment to optimising the management of its assets, which serve to increase the effectiveness of our ability to deliver our mission to support and secure pensions. Moreover, this award recognises our commitment to continually improve our governance and set up an asset liability management system that is the driving force behind a series of interventions that the markets acknowledge over the long-term year after year.“
Fondazione Enpam
Winner, Other Countries & Regions