The UK Reserved Investor Fund structure — known simply as the “RIF” — is approaching its first anniversary.
In an article for Funds Europe, James Duncan examines how the RIF could reshape how institutional investors approach UK (and off-shore) real estate, offering a potent combination of flexibility, tax efficiency, and privacy that legacy structures struggle to match.
"The RIF arrives at an opportune moment. Institutional investors, particularly pension and insurance funds, have long grappled with the limitations of traditional vehicles when deploying capital into UK real estate—whether affordable housing, freehold property, office space or industrial assets. The RIF addresses many of these pain points for fund managers."
James Duncan
Partner
Read the full article here.
