
Private Real Estate Funds Are Up 7.4%. Can More DC Participants Get a Foot in the Door?
Private real estate investments typically only available for institutional and wealthy investors can be a stable hedge against inflation and volatility. They’re available for DC retirement plans, but uptake so far has been slow.

Sophisticated DC Plan Investors Increasingly Turn to Real Estate
Real estate is viewed as a cyclical asset class—specifically one that has been in a relative trough for several years and which can be expected to rebound and continue to grow over the next 10 to 15 years, including in the DC plan space.
Determining Whether DC Plan Clients Should Offer Real Estate Investments
Investors cite several common considerations for including a dedicated allocation to real estate, and a recent survey of American investors found real estate ranked as the top investment option they consider to be the safest for long-term retirement investing.

Investment Product and Service Launches
Northern Trust enhances securities lending offering; Global X adds ETF suite to Model Market Center; and Cohen & Steers makes changes to REIT mutual fund.