Mark Wiseman 2008-05-01 Staff Writer Representing 17 million Canadians and governing a C$119.4 billion ($118.6 billion; €74.6 billion) fund, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board fund managers are exerting growing influence across the globe, not least in the world of real estate and infrastructure. In rece
2 min read · 22 January 2013
ROBERT-JAN TEL 2008-05-01 Staff Writer The “billion euro man” controls Europe's largest real estate fund of funds having reached the landmark equity at TKP Pensioen Real Estate Fonds (TREF) this year after seven years of operation. That's significant cash and Robert-Jan Tel decides which fund managers to inv
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Georges Sudarskis 2008-05-01 Staff Writer Middle East sovereign funds are known for their secrecy. As limited partners in funds and as direct investors, their assets as well as their motivations are often clouded in mystery. The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority is no exception. But secretive as the fund may
2 min read · 22 January 2013
SUSAN MEANEY 2008-05-01 Staff Writer When Mike McCaffery left the $14.3 billion (€9 billion) Stanford endowment, Stanford Capital – the third largest university endowment in North America – to set up on his own it created headlines around the globe. Stanford was third only to Harvard University and Yale, and
2 min read · 22 January 2013
PATRICK KANTERS 2008-05-01 Staff Writer As the former managing director of ING's investment management division in Patrick Kanters is a force to be reckoned with. Indeed the managing director of Europe and Asia real estate, at Dutch pension fund ABP (now AGP), is variously described as “being ING's biggest
2 min read · 22 January 2013
TIMOTHY HOEPPNER 2008-05-01 Staff Writer As foundations go, the MacArthur Foundation has become well known in real estate circles. With a collection of $1 billion (€629 million) of direct-owned real estate, the fund is a big player in the asset class. It also invests indirectly in real estate funds, with $30
2 min read · 22 January 2013
ALAN FORMAN 2008-05-01 Staff Writer Eighteen years. That's how long Yale University's director of investments for real estate has been at the university's $23 billion (€14.5 billion) endowment – the second largest university endowment in the US. Alan Forman, property investments chief, is a long-time Yale ve
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Susan Doyle 2008-05-01 Staff Writer General Electric has been called many things during its 130-year history, one of the most telling its comparison to an 800lb gorilla. From light bulbs to television sets and jet engines, GE is undoubtedly one of the world's leading companies and has been at the cutting e
2 min read · 22 January 2013
By the numbers 2008-05-01 Staff Writer <bold>LINING UP THE FIGURES</bold><br /> <italic>A graphic representation of the 2008 PERE 30 shows two firms that have raised disproportionately large amounts of capital over the past five years, followed closely by a large cluster of next tier
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Ranking the largest private equity real estate firms in the world requires rules, judgment and a willingness to dive into the gray areas of a non-transparent asset class.
7 min read · 22 January 2013
