Housing Finance : Investment Opportunities for Pension Funds

The global housing deficit in both developed and developing countries is increasing – driven by demographic and other mega-trends including urbanization and income inequality. Global pension fund assets, on the other hand, are both growing and increasingly looking for long-term, productive invest...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: World Bank Group
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/405421551711776551/Housing-finance-investment-opportunities-for-pension-funds
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31363
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Summary:The global housing deficit in both developed and developing countries is increasing – driven by demographic and other mega-trends including urbanization and income inequality. Global pension fund assets, on the other hand, are both growing and increasingly looking for long-term, productive investments. There are multiple avenues through which pension funds can invest in the housing sector.