The London-based investment and asset management firm, led by CEO Ian Hally, has made three senior hires for its Asia business including Daniel McDonald as head of fund management, Asia Pacific real estate.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The initiatives are among several – including support of a state bill forcing placement agents to register as lobbyists – designed to ‘restore confidence, integrity and accountability’.
3 min read · 24 January 2013
Leading charity UNICEF has been in the frontline of helping children cope with the flooding in Pakistan. Find out how, by supporting the groundbreaking Marathon of Marathons, you can offer a lifeline to those in desperate need
3 min read · 24 January 2013
Australia’s Macquarie Group is to increase its real estate capital raising capabilities through the takeover of Presidio Partners, the San Francisco and Chicago-based advisory practice. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter this year.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Chicago-based Harrison Street has brought its fundraising total for its latest private equity real estate fund to $330m. The education, healthcare and storage real estate-focussed firm has held a second close and is hoping to corral a total of $500m for the vehicle.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
Aberdeen Asset Management has appointed Russell Chaplin as its chief investment officer. Chaplin joined from Swiss bank, UBS Asset Management.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
London-based Rockspring Property Investment Managers has confirmed it has been awarded a $400m mandate from the National Pension Service of Korea to invest in core assets across Europe. The news was revealed by PERE last month.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
Investors eyeing the US should not expect outsized performance in the asset class, amid warnings a lackluster jobs market will dampen the country’s overall economic recovery.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Clifford Chance has replaced CMS Cameron McKenna as legal advisers to Henderson on a dispute with several pension funds over the performance of its second infrastructure fund. The pensions have given Henderson until late September to draft a compensation scheme before taking it to court.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
John Klopp and Olivier de Poulpiquet become both joint CEO’s and CIO’s of Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing, the real estate investment business of Wall Street bank Morgan Stanley. Both were recruited for other roles by the bank earlier this year.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
