Capital Watch 2008-05-01 Staff Writer <strong>FUNDS IN MARKET/COMING TO MARKET</strong><br /> <table> <tbody> <tr> <td><strong>FUND</strong></td> <td><strong>FIRM</strong></td>
10 min read · 01 May 2008
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
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
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
MICHAEL NIELSEN 2008-05-01 Staff Writer “Solid, thorough and conservative in approach and in character,” is how one European fund manager describes Michael Nielsen. Conservative he may be, but he has grown in influence over recent years as Denmark's largest pension fund has diversified from Danish real estat
2 min read · 22 January 2013
SUSAN MEANEY 2008-05-01 Staff Writer When Mike McCaffery left the $14.3 billion (€9 billion) Stanford endowment, Stanford Capital – the third largest university endowment in North America – to set up on his own it created headlines around the globe. Stanford was third only to Harvard University and Yale, and
2 min read · 22 January 2013
TIMOTHY HOEPPNER 2008-05-01 Staff Writer As foundations go, the MacArthur Foundation has become well known in real estate circles. With a collection of $1 billion (€629 million) of direct-owned real estate, the fund is a big player in the asset class. It also invests indirectly in real estate funds, with $30
2 min read · 22 January 2013
GLORIA GIL 2008-05-01 Staff Writer Being compared to a sovereign wealth fund has to be one of the highest honors achievable in the world of limited partners. For Gloria Gil, she has achieved that accolade in the two years since joining the University of California's Treasurer's Office. Previously at the $42
2 min read · 22 January 2013
