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Robert Houston becomes adviser at UBS

The former global chairman and chief executive of ING Real Estate Investment Management has been appointed chairman of the investment committee for three UK property funds at UBS.

Warburg co-head sees emerging markets 'tipping point'

Brazil, India and China show increasing independence, while other emerging markets are still overly reliant on factors like export markets, Chip Kaye told delegates at the PEI Emerging Markets Forum in London.

Winston & Strawn hires eight PE lawyers from Nixon Peabody

Four Nixon Peabody partners, including the chair of its private equity practice, and four associates will join Winston & Strawn’s New York office.

Marcol, Advent buy German care home specialist

Real estate investor Marcol has teamed up with Advent International for what the firms say is Germany’s largest private equity deal this year.

Getting personal

The presence of a large number of family offices in the Middle Eastern LP base underlines the importance of relationships in the region, writes Siddharth Poddar.

Infrastructure á la carte: the shape of things to come

Ryan J. Orr, executive director of Collaboratory for Research on Global Projects at Stanford University, sees changes ahead in how institutional investors will access the asset class: their appetite is still strong, but their tastes have broadened

Nobrega’s global vision

The head of one of Canada’s largest pensions is targeting large-scale assets – with a little help from selected friends.

OMERS chief: infrastructure is ‘almost perfect’ asset class

Michael Nobrega also said at a speech in New York that the 2-and-20 compensation model no longer works and active infrastructure investing is the wave of the future. He urged pensions to make allocations to the asset class and to make them large enough to invest in big-ticket assets.

Rebuilding the trust

The annual PREA conference in Beverly Hills was all about the need to repair relationships – not just between GPs and LPs, but also among LPs themselves. By Zoe Hughes

Former First Industrial CEO Brennan goes it alone

Michael Brennan, the former president and chief executive officer of US industrial investor, First Industrial Realty Trust, has launched his own private investment platform.