Target allocations to real estate increase 10 basis points year-over-year, reaching 10.6% Actual portfolio allocations climbed year-over-year from 9.4% to 10.0%, in part due to denominator effect Despite market uncertainty, institutions expect to be actively allocating to new investments over the next 12-24 months Appetite increasing for opportunistic strategies, as investors shift focus to distress NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Uncertainties related to COVID-19 have not dampene

Uncertainties related to COVID-19 have not dampened global institutions’ confidence in commercial real estate. In fact, investor sentiment increased for the third straight year, reaching a seven-year high in 2020, according to Hodes Weill & Associates and Cornell University’s Baker Program in Real Estate’s eighth annual Institutional Real Estate Allocations Monitor. The “Conviction Index” in this year’s survey, which measures institutions’ view of real estate as an investment

Global institutions targeted opportunistic funds and broke into new strategies in 2020, but stayed closer to their home markets. Investors have adopted a risk-on approach to their real estate allocations during the pandemic, according to a survey of 212 global institutions. https://infogram.com/2020-allocations-monitor-strategy-1hnp27mmkgzln2g Hoping to capitalize on distressed pricing and catch the bottom of the market, 72 percent of respondents favored opportunistic strateg