AEW UK Investment Management LLP

AEW UK Investment Management LLP is a 50:50 joint venture between the UK Management Team and AEW. The AEW UK team has been providing solutions for institutional investors for 20 years and has developed a range of funds and segregated accounts to meet their differing needs, from value add strategies to traditional core style total return and latterly a real return strategy. The management team1 have over 18 years working together and are 50% equity owners in the business, this ownership over investment process and decision-making, helps deliver a consistent approach through different cycles. The AEW UK Core Property Fund was launched in Q1 2012 and is the top performing fund in the AREF/IPD UK Quarterly Property Fund Index – All Balanced Property Fund Index – weighted average over 5 years as at June 2017. In Q1 2014 we launched the AEW UK South East Office Fund, a value add strategy focused on delivering enhanced returns from the South East office market. For DC pension schemes and the increasing amount of Private Wealth money now classified as Retail, the AEW UK REIT was launched in May 2015, to effectively replicate the Core Fund strategy in a listed company, as an alternative to daily dealing open ended Retail Funds. At the start of 2016 the AEW UK Real Return Fund was launched largely as a solution for the increasing number of defined benefit schemes needing higher yielding real returns to match their cash flow liabilities and help scheme sponsors plug any deficit in funding that may exist. In June 2017 AEW launched a new real estate investment trust onto the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange. AEW UK Long Lease REIT is a long lease strategy with inflation linked growth, diversified across alternative property sectors in strong locations across the UK. With a focus on capital preservation; a minimum of 85% income to benefit from inflation linked growth and a minimum weighted average lease term (WAULT) of 18 years at acquisition. AEW is one of the world’s largest real estate asset managers, with €57.7bn of assets under management as at 30 September 20172. AEW has over 600 employees, with its main offices located in Boston, London, Paris and Hong Kong and offers a wide range of real estate investment strategies. AEW represents the real estate asset management platform of Natixis Global Asset Management, one of the largest asset managers in the world.

Address: 33 Jermyn Street, London SW1Y 6DN, United Kingdom

Phone: +44 20 7016 4880
FAX: +44 20 7016 4700