HighView Investment Group, led by former BlackRock co-founder Ralph Schlosstein, has garnered $600m in commitments to target minority interests in independent alternative asset managers, including real estate.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The UK property investment manager with a newly created special situations fund has hired Phillip Rodger to become head of asset management.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Bob Stefanowski, a 14-year General Electric veteran who most recently headed the firm’s European corporate finance division, will lead 3i’s push into North American growth and infrastructure investments.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Former Sun Life Financial Canada president Robert Astley will succeed longtime director Gail Cook-Bennett as head of the C$128bn Canadian pension's in-house investment arm.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The US investor has created a new post for Michael Bryant to lead the firm's increased investment in European and Asian real estate debt, which it sees as a "crucial part" of the growth of its business.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Richard Guay, interim president and chief executive of the Canadian pension manager, will officially assume the positions he stepped into last May in addition to his responsibilities as chief investment officer.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The world’s sovereign wealth funds are targeting mainly trophy real estate assets, as they wait on the anticipated unloading of ‘distressed’ properties in the US. In the long-term, SWFs are looking to partner with key US players, expanding their roles beyond 'static asset owners.’
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Frank Khoo has joined French insurer Axa as the firm bids to become a major player in Asian real estate. Khoo, formerly with Pacific Star Fund Management, will be based in Axa's new Singaporean office.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Industry veteran Steve Felix shares his thoughts on creating opportunity.
3 min read · 22 January 2013
Robert Kelly is tasked with overseeing real estate investments for the private equity real estate firm’s Perseus Capital City Fund, as well as its latest $200m vehicle, Perseus Realty Partners II.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
