Is 2023 a CRISIS for UK home ownership and residential property investment?

*For UK professional investors only* With rising interest rates, increasingly unaffordable rents and the prospect of government legislation that is likely to have unintended consequences for the very renters it is designed to help, the UK housing market is facing serious challenges that are likely to hit the ‘squeezed middle’ of society hardest. In contrast, UK defined benefit pension schemes have seen significant improvements in funding levels and are now looking for income generative investment solutions as inflation-linked cashflow becomes more important than ever. Can the issues that the UK housing market faces be solved in a way that offers an innovative investment proposition to UK pension schemes and an opportunity to have a positive societal impact? We believe that it can, and that Gradual Home Ownership may be one of the answers. Join AllianzGI’s Adrian Jones and Nigel Purves from Wayhome to learn more about the opportunity that exists for UK pensions schemes to help tackle the housing crisis by investing in a diversified portfolio of residential property that aims to generate inflation-linked incomes for pension members and provide individuals and families the opportunity to get on the housing ladder without the need for debt or government subsidy. In this session we will explain the concept of Gradual Home Ownership, discuss how it is already helping people across the UK and describe the solution that can be delivered with the help of UK pensions schemes.