Cordea Savills, the real estate investment management business of property services firm Savills, has hired Richard James from Internos Real Investors as chief financial officer where he worked for just under a year.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
This week saw the EXPO REAL 2010 property show in Munich, Germany, bluster along. Here are some key takeaways:
3 min read · 24 January 2013
The private equity placement agent recently added Michaela Sved, former head of investor relations for Macquarie Infrastructure Partners, to a growing team dedicated to the infrastructure asset class. But the team will focus on more than just fund placement, according to MVision CEO Mounir Guen.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The real estate fund manager has invested £16.7m in the development of a waste-to-biomass power plant in Cambridgeshire, England.
1 min read · 24 January 2013
The Belgian presidency has proposed a five-year dual approach to the AIFM's third country rules, in an attempt to find harmony on one of the pending directive's most hotly contested issues.
4 min read · 24 January 2013
Fortress, the New York-based alternative investments group, has bolstered its Japanese real estate platform with the hire of banking veteran Douglas Smith. Smith, who joined last week, will work closely with Fortress’ head of real estate in Japan Tom Pulley.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The Belgian presidency has offered a five-year dual approach to the AIFM's proposed third country rules, in an attempt to find harmony between competing EU Parliament and Council proposals.
4 min read · 24 January 2013
Alan Hevesi pleaded guilty Thursday to a felony charge for his involvement in the New York State Common Retirement Fund pay-to-play scandal. Hevesi is the seventh individual to plead guilty in attorney general Andrew Cuomo’s ongoing pension fund investigation.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
The London-based real estate investment management firm has acquired the property fund management division of Close Brothers, which is seeking to concentrate on its core businesses.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
Philip Alfieri has left Infrastructure Management Group to help Franklin Templeton select fund managers specialising in transportation, agriculture, water, energy and timber investments.
2 min read · 24 January 2013
