One of the founders of London-based private equity real estate firm Benson Elliot shares with PERE choice anecdotes of his co-founder and close friend, just weeks after she lost her fight with cancer.
3 min read · 21 September 2020
The Chicago-based firm’s new scholarship program aims to bring on Black and Latinx students as summer interns and ultimately hire them as full-time staff.
3 min read · 15 September 2020
Private real estate veteran Sonny Kalsi is pushing aggressive recruiting policies at BentallGreenOak before the momentum fades from this summer’s protests against racial injustice. Measures include a 66.7% minorities and women minimum recruitment target and financial penalties for missing it.
10 min read · 23 August 2020
Alan Pardee, one of three managing partners who spun out of Merrill Lynch’s private fund placement team in 2009, will leave the firm on Sunday.
2 min read · 12 August 2020
Meng’s short tenure saw the $390bn institution announce a controversial leverage strategy to meet its long-term returns target.
2 min read · 06 August 2020
The newly launched firm is betting on the resilience of the region’s office sector, despite the unprecedented uncertainty brought on by the pandemic.
3 min read · 29 July 2020
The New York-based firm believes the western regions in the US could represent roughly half of its total investment activity over time.
2 min read · 27 July 2020
Investing in operating companies is one of the ‘collaborative model’ strategies that the US pension giant hopes will help to cut costs, especially during the current disruption.
3 min read · 20 July 2020
The founder of the London-based private equity real estate firm talks about four of his favorite items and why they are important to him.
1 min read · 15 July 2020
