Christie Ou
The retirement of China co-head Ken Ng comes amid a wave of senior changes across the firm's Asia real estate platform.
While 63% of capital providers remain below their allocation targets, this does not mean they can easily upsize their checks.
The largest commitment of H1 2026 – ADIA's $675m check to Kotak India Real Estate Fund XIV – came in at roughly half the size of last year's $1.3bn top check.
Despite the executive’s experience with building a private funds platform, he will not lead that effort at his future firm.
A European property veteran is not the most obvious choice to run Asia’s biggest listed REIT, but the pick makes sense for multiple reasons.
Only one of the pension giant's property co-heads will now lead the business, ending a dual-leadership structure introduced in December 2024.
Having resigned less than a year after he joined in September 2025, Ando will stay on in an advisory role for the next few months.
Chien's departure is the latest in a number of recent senior leadership changes in the Partners Group’s real estate business.
A year after ESR’s privatization, Josh Daitch’s exit comes as the firm prepares to welcome former Lendlease CEO, investment management, Justin Gabbani as head of fund management.
The country's institutions are recalibrating their core-heavy strategies to focus more on value-add opportunities.