Managers

The Atlanta-based multifamily specialist is bringing aboard a capital raising veteran who previously was a placement agent for 20 years.

Global real estate boss Robert Rackind will be departing the Swiss bank within a month following its merger with UBS.

An operational strategy could unlock return premiums for investors across the risk spectrum, according to a report by law firm Macfarlanes.

The investment management arm of New York’s Related Companies has hired its first head of international capital markets.

The London-based residential specialist previously raised a Germany-focused fund after the global financial crisis.

The New York-based firm has received backing from a sovereign wealth fund to establish a platform investing in middle market managers.

Co-CEOs Deborah Harmon and Alex Gilbert said more than half the capital for the fund came from new investors, including Asian and Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds.

Although capital flows are tightening across most of the globe, ESR’s Jeffrey Perlman explains this will be less the case in Asia-Pacific.

ESR’s Jeffrey Perlman is not focused on global domination. The firm’s ‘laser focus’ on Asia-Pacific will do just fine.

The transaction comes as Fortress is gearing up to expand its wealth management business.