The real estate arm of the conglomerate General Electric says it wants to start investing other people's money instead of its own. Will the firm founded by Thomas Edison 130 years ago prove to be a true rival for the likes of The Blackstone Group and Morgan Stanley? By Zoe Hughes.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
YAP CHWEE MEIN 2008-05-01 Staff Writer In September 2007, the Singapore government-affiliated investor Temasek, established in 1974 to manage investments on behalf of the Singapore Government, experienced a dramatic staff shuffle. Managing directors Frank Tang and Terry Hu left the firm to form a new China
2 min read · 22 January 2013
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
JOHAN VAN DER ENDE 2008-05-01 Staff Writer Not only is Johan van der Ende in charge of strategy at another of the large, powerful Dutch pension funds, he also wields significant clout as the chairman of INREV, Europe's association for investors in non-listed real estate vehicles. Having taken up the role las
1 min read · 22 January 2013
MARJORIE TSANG 2008-05-01 Staff Writer As head of real estate at one of the largest public state pensions in the US, Marjorie Tsang oversees investment and asset management for the $155 billion (€97.5 billion) New York State Common Retirement Fund's $5 billion real estate portfolio, which returned 31.7 perce
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
MARCUS SIMPSON 2008-05-01 Staff Writer GPs take note: Marcus Simpson is the guy to know in Australia. Marcus Simpson heads global private equity at the A$70 billion ($65.8 billion; €41.5 billion) institutional funds manager QIC, originally known as Queensland Investment Corporation. Established in 1991 and o
2 min read · 22 January 2013
DR. SEEK NGEE HUAT 2008-05-01 Staff Writer Being the head of the real estate program at one of the most powerful institutional investors in Asia, Dr. Seek Ngee Huat is one of the most-watched property investors in the world. With GIC active in Asia, European and American markets, his influence has a global r
2 min read · 22 January 2013
SANDRA ROBERTSON 2008-05-01 Staff Writer When Cambridge University hired its first chief investment officer in November 2006 to make better use of its financial assets, it wasn't long before its archrival Oxford quickly followed suit. But when the school looked to appoint its first chief investment officer i
2 min read · 22 January 2013
