The US firm, which provides consultancy and investment management services to institutional investors and which recently expanded into real estate, has hired two professionals from Capital Dynamics to lead activities in fast-growing Brazil.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
INREV, the European trade body, says a study reveals how some investors suspect fund managers deliberately delay decisions about fund-lives so that extension is the only viable course of action.
3 min read · 18 January 2013
John Liu has declined to disclose information on $32 million in pension fees paid to private equity and real estate managers, including whether placement agents received any of the money.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The consultancy firm has hired Peter Lewis to lead its US real estate research team. He formerly headed up the $2.5 billion portfolio of insurer Liberty Mutual Group.
1 min read · 18 January 2013
Share prices of listed companies in Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain, or companies with a sizeable exposure to those countries, are being punished because they are taking the brunt of the sovereign debt crisis, said Dick Boer of Kempen at the annual European Public Real Estate Association (EPRA) conference today.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The Employees Retirement System of Texas is targeting $450 million in capital commitments under its real estate tactical plan for fiscal year 2012, which begins next month.
3 min read · 18 January 2013
The Cleveland-based real estate consulting firm, which will serve as the new advisor to the state’s endowment, will be charged with turning around the performance of its real estate portfolio.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The state’s $15bn oil and gas endowment has established a 10% real return allocation, which could include investments in timber and infrastructure, and has begun to look for an investment officer to direct the real return group.
1 min read · 18 January 2013
The Dutch group has entered into a five-year partnership with a developer to build apartments for first-time buyers in Macau, an area heavily dependent on gambling and tourism.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
The nation’s largest public pension fund has approved a new programme for emerging real estate managers, marking a new approach to its emerging manager investment strategy.
2 min read · 18 January 2013
