Home REIT investment manager AEW launches UK Impact fund

£100m seed portfolio

James Baxter-Derrington
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Home REIT’s recently appointed investment manager AEW has launched a separate UK impact fund, which aims to “play to the strengths of real estate’s role as a provider of social and community infrastructure”.

AEW UK Impact is an open-ended property fund seeded with a diversified £100m portfolio of UK assets, including specialist supported living, key worker accommodation and care homes. The portfolio also includes community and residential-led town centre regeneration projects. 'Lack of information and clarity' remains following Home REIT investment manager appointment The launch of the fund followed FCA and investor approval to transition the AEW Real Return fund into this new strategy. AEW is actively seeking to raise capital on behalf of the fund, targeting a range of investors fr...

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