Describe how each of the following common characteristics of institutional investors supports the Fund’s allocation to private real estate:

i. Scale ii. Investment horizon iii. Governance framework

After a thorough internal review, Zang concludes that the current investment approach will result in a deterioration of the purchasing power of the Fund over time. He proposes a new, active management approach that will substantially decrease the allocation to publicly traded equities and fixed income in order to pursue a higher allocation to private investments.
The management of the new investments will be outsourced.

Bern Zang is the recently hired chief investment officer of the Janson University Endowment Investment Office. The Janson University Endowment Fund (the Fund) is based in the United States and has current assets under management of $12 billion. It has a long-term investment horizon and relatively low liquidity needs. The Fund is overseen by an Investment Committee consisting of board members for the Fund. The Investment Office is responsible for implementing the investment policy set by the Fund’s Investment Committee.
The Fund’s current investment approach includes an internally managed fund that holds mostly equities and fixed-income securities. It is largely passively managed with tight tracking error limits. The target asset allocation is 55% equities, 40% fixed income, and 5%
alternatives. The Fund currently holds private real estate investments to meet its alternative investment allocation.

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Scale Investment Horizon Governance Framework Describe how each of the following common characteristics of institutional investors supports the Fund's allocation to private real estate.