Winners 2026

Congratulations to all the winners and everyone who took part. With more than 160 entries received, collectively representing €2.7 trillion in AUM across 12 countries globally, this year’s awards showcased the exceptional depth and reach of the industry.

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Global Real Estate Investor of the Year

Highly Commended
APG
Aware Super
​​​​​​​QuadReal Property Group

Winner
Oxford Properties Group

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Outstanding Industry Contribution

Winners
Lisette van Doorn
Cornel Widmer

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Sustainable Investor of the Year

Highly Commended

Oxford Properties Group
​​​​​​​VBV

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​​​​​​​Innovation

Highly Commended
​​​​​​​Greater Manchester Pension Fund Mapfre

Winner
​​​​​​​Pension Protection Fund (PPF)

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​​​​​​​Portfolio Construction

Highly Commended
​​​​​​​PenSam Pension forsikringsaktieselskab PensionDanmark

Winner
​​​​​​​National Pension Service

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​​​​​​​Future Leader of the Year

Highly Commended
Dante Van Wilderen

Winner
Ruben Welleweerd

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​​​​​​​Consultancy of the Year

Highly Commended
Alliance Global Advisors
Almazara Real Assets Advisory
StepStone Real Estate

Winner
​​​​​​​Townsend

Category
​​​​​​​Commitment to Diversity

Highly Commended
​​​​​​​Pensio B

Winner
AG2R La Mondiale

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​​​​​​​Large Real Estate Investor of the Year

Highly Commended
Ärzteversorgung Westfalen-Lippe
Church Commissioners for England 
​​​​​​​Velliv, Pension & Livsforsikring A/S

Winner
​​​​​​​PensionDanmark

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​​​​​​​Medium Real Estate Investor of the Year

Highly Commended
PenSam Pension forsikringsaktieselskab
​​​​​​​Pension Protection Fund (PPF)

Winner
​​​​​​​DNB Real Estate Investment Management

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​​​​​​​Small Real Estate Investor of the Year

Highly Commended
​​​​​​​Cassa Nazionale del Notariato
Pensio B

Winner
​​​​​​​Pensioenfonds KBC

Category
​​​​​​​Asia Pacific

Highly Commended
​​​​​​​Aware Super

Winner
​​​​​​​National Pension Service

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​​​​​​​Austria, Germany & Switzerland

Highly Commended
​​​​​​​VBV

Winner
​​​​​​​Ärzteversorgung Westfalen-Lippe

Category
Southern Europe

Highly Commended
Fidelidade Property

Winners
Enpam
​​​​​​​Mapfre

Category
​​​​​​​UK & Ireland

Highly Commended
​​​​​​​Church Commissioners for England

Winner
​​​​​​​Greater Manchester Pension Fund 

Category
​​​​​​​Nordic Countries

Highly Commended
​​​​​​​DNB Real Estate Investment Managemen

Winners
PenSam Pension forsikringsaktieselskab
​​​​​​​Velliv, Pension & Livsforsikring A/S

Category
​​​​​​​North America

Highly Commended
​​​​​​​CPP Investments

Winner
​​​​​​​Oxford Properties Group

Category
​​​​​​​Netherlands

Highly Commended
​​​​​​​APG

Winner
​​​​​​​Bouwinvest Real Estate Investors

Category
​​​​​​​Belgium & France

Highly Commended
​​​​​​​Pensioenfonds KBC

Winners
AG2R La Mondiale
​​​​​​​UMR

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Listed Strategy

Sponsored by:

Highly Commended

  • Pensio B

Winner

Bouwinvest Real Estate Investors

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Social Impact

Sponsored by:

Highly Commended

  • APG 
  • PensionDanmark

Winner

Greater Manchester Pension Fund

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Retail Investment Strategy

Sponsored by:

Highly Commended

  • APG 
  • Ärzteversorgung Westfalen-Lippe

Winner

Oxford Properties Group

Category

Residential Investment Strategy

Sponsored by:

Highly Commended

  • Bouwinvest Real Estate Investors
  • MN

Winner

CPP Investments

Category

Direct Strategy

Sponsored by:

Highly Commended

  • Velliv, Pension & Livsforsikring A/S

Winner

Aware Super

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Core and Core-plus Strategies

Sponsored by:

Highly Commended

  • Ärzteversorgung Westfalen-Lippe

Winners

National Pension Service

PensionDanmark

Category

Alternatives Strategy

Sponsored by:

Highly Commended

  • Bouwinvest Real Estate Investors
  • Pensio B
  • QuadReal Property Group

Winner

AG2R La Mondiale

Category

Environmental Sustainability

Sponsored by:

Highly Commended

  • Ärzteversorgung Westfalen-Lippe

Winners

Bouwinvest Real Estate Investors

Church Commissioners for England

Category

Office Investment Strategy

Sponsored by:

Highly Commended

  • Aware Super
  • Mapfre

Winner

Oxford Properties Group

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Industrial/Logistics Investment Strategy

Sponsored by:

Highly Commended

  • CPP Investments

Winner

Oxford Properties Group

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Indirect Strategy

Sponsored by:

Highly Commended

  • APG

Winner

Bouwinvest Real Estate Investors

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Debt Strategy

Sponsored by:

Highly Commended

  • Oxford Properties Group

Winner

QuadReal Property Group

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Value-add and Opportunistic Strategies

Sponsored by:

Highly Commended

  • Aware Super 
  • National Pension Service

Winner

PensionDanmark

Category

Biodiversity

Sponsored by:

Highly Commended

  • Irantec

Winner

Church Commissioners for England