Real Assets

The environment in which we operate is always changing. Our investment in a wide range of assets, including real assets (physical assets with an intrinsic worth like property and infrastructure), helps us to build resilient portfolios. 

We also take a very long-term approach to investing, which can support more risk-adjusted returns and open up a diverse range of opportunities that help to secure our members' future, as well as helping us to have a positive impact on the world our members' will retire in.   

Real assets tend to be more stable but less liquid than financial assets, often providing steady returns, regardless of market fluctuations. This makes them a good addition to our diversified portfolio because they help us to generate attractive, risk-adjusted returns over the long-term.

While we've invested across the globe for decades, our real assets portfolio is focused on the UK, where we can protect and grow members’ savings, while also boosting the UK economy, provide social and environmental benefits, and build thriving communities in which our members live or may visit. Investing in UK real assets has many advantages for us as we understand the political, economic, and planning landscape well. 

Next up: Discover our approach to investing in real assets