The gatekeeper 2006-11-01 Staff Writer Nori Gerardo Lietz is someone you should be nice to—at least if you're an opportunity fund manager.<br /> <br /> As one of the most respected pension fund consultants in the world, Gerardo Lietz wields enormous influence over where institutional investor
1 min read · 23 January 2013
The rebel 2006-11-01 Staff Writer Though Richard Georgi is infamous for his brash, hard-charging manner—a former colleague once told <italic>The Independent:</italic>“He's a nice guy but I wouldn't invite him to my birthday party. And if I did I would warn everyone first”—he has nonetheless reach
2 min read · 23 January 2013
The independent 2006-11-01 Staff Writer In just eight years, Wesley Edens has built New York-based Fortress into one of the most respected firms in the private equity, real estate and distressed investing arenas with more than $24 billion in equity capital under management. A number of pension fund consultan
2 min read · 23 January 2013
The activist 2006-11-01 Staff Writer Some LPs prefer to sit back and let private equity real estate fund managers invest their money without much oversight. Others take a more hands-on role. And a select few, like JP Morgan's Joanne Douvas, redefine what it means to be a limited partner.<br /> <br
1 min read · 23 January 2013
The mentor 2006-11-01 Staff Writer Over more than 40 years, the professional career of Neil Bluhm has played out, in some respects, like a morality play in three acts. First came the rise to fame and fortune as the cofounder, along with his childhood friend Judd Malkin, of JMB Realty, one of the largest real
1 min read · 23 January 2013
The lender of first resort 2006-11-01 Staff Writer As the founding president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Jacques Attali became the “lender of first and only resort” for property investors in Eastern and Central Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Without his leadersh
1 min read · 23 January 2013
The gambler 2006-11-01 Staff Writer As the head of Colony Capital, Tom Barrack was at the forefront of investing in the sort of assets-cumoperating-companies that now permeate the private equity real estate industry: hotels, theme restaurants, pubs and, perhaps his firm's most well known investments, casinos
1 min read · 23 January 2013
The pioneer 2006-11-01 Staff Writer Ira Lubert, half of the Philadelphia private equity real estate firm Lubert-Adler Real Estate Funds, has described his partner, Dean Adler, as the real estate brains behind the operation. Another fund manager told <italic>PERE</italic> that Adler stood out as “
1 min read · 23 January 2013
Since 1998, CBRE Investors has revamped its private equity real estate business. Just as the company announced plans to reshuffle its executive suite, PERE sat down with the firm's leadership to discuss where the firm came from—and where it's going. By Aaron Lovell
9 min read · 23 January 2013
The India-focused fund has completed two projects in the last month, raising their total investment in property on the subcontinent to $1bn.
2 min read · 23 January 2013
