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Och-Ziff hires Morgan Stanley Asia teamZain Fancy, Roy Kwok, Bharat Khanna and Anand Madduri have joined New York's Och-Ziff to build out its Asia real estate platform.
- Morgan Stanley reorganizes its real estate department
The investment banking giant is bringing its real estate, private equity and infrastructure practices under one roof and promoting real estate co-head Jay Mantz to co-run the new direct investment department.
- Morgan Stanley makes its first investment in Poland
Following similar moves in other emerging markets, the bank’s real estate special situations fund is buying into a Polish developer to gain exposure to the country’s burgeoning property market.
- On the way to Forum
Forum Partners, an otherwise low-profile firm that provides growth capital to property companies, made headlines when it acquired the real estate securities platform from Citi. PERE spoke with chief executive Russell Platt about how that deal got done, Forum’s runway to growth and his early days in the bull pen with John Grayken. By Robin Marriott.
- 'No evidence' against Kalsi in Morgan Stanley foreign corruption probe
Following a nine-month investigation, the bank reportedly has told investors that possible violations were centred on the “conduct of a single former employee” in Shanghai, according to Reuters. There was no evidence Kalsi “caused or authorised” the alleged misuse of assets, his spokesperson told PERE. Morgan Stanley could not confirm the statement.
- MSREF to sell 50% stake in £1bn London development
More than three years after Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing bought the stake in the Elizabeth House office block in Waterloo, the firm is seeking to offload the asset after its redevelopment plans were rejected.
- How to survive an SEC audit
US firms that live in fear of registering as an investment advisor may find that it's not as painful as they thought – provided they are well prepared for random audits
- Carrafiell sets up Alpha Real Estate Advisors
Former MSREF global co head John Carrafiell has reportedly set up an advisory business. According to media reports, Carrafiell has formed Alpha Real Estate Advisors focused on board-level consultancies and advisory work.
- Waiting for the thaw
Looming year-end revaluations have put secondary deals on ice – but a $30bn ‘avalanche’ of closable deal flow awaits.
- Pirelli, Morgan Stanley sell German shopping centre in Germany’s biggest deal of the year
The joint venture between Italy’s Pirelli Real Estate and New York-based Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing has sold the Mercado shopping centre in Hamburg for €164 million to Union Investment, the German open-ended real estate fund manager.