Dave Keating

A consortium headed by the Qatari Investment Authority is reportedly finalizing a deal to acquire the UK property outsourcing business Trillium from Land Securities.

The Belgian financial group will have $1bn in spending power for the Japanese office, retail and industrial markets.

In one of the largest real estate deals by a private equity firm this year, Credit Suisse has purchased a minority stake in Hyderabad-based developer Indu Projects.

The Kuwait-based firm has announced the closing of a $75 million fund, with 40 percent already committed to four deals in Dubai and Kuwait.

Kim Ho-Shik, former president of South Korea’s $230bn National Pension Service, has joined the advisory board of the Singapore-based real estate investment firm.

Sydney-based AMP Capital Investors is backing an Indian road construction company, its maiden investment from an India- and China-focused infrastructure fund it is raising.

GE Real Estate appoints Hutchinson to head up the operations in Europe and Asia for its new international business unit.

Martin Lamb, who previously worked for the Morgan Stanley Real Estate Funds, has been hired by the service provider to join the Singapore office as head of Asia Pacific property.

The Vietnam-focused real estate fund has hired Australian real estate development pro David Henry to oversee site acquisitions in early stages of development.

The European private equity real estate firm has partnered with India’s Nichani Holdings for an Indian property vehicle that will seek capital from the large non-resident Indian population in Oman.