Paul Sisson, former head of originations for the debt investment business of Brookfield Asset Management, will join CBRE Global Multi Manager as head of Americas.
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Promotions for Daniel Queenan in Asia and Martin Samworth in the EMEA region mean that CBRE can split the duel CEO/chairman roles previously held by Robert Blain and Michael Strong.
Former Partners Group executives Sarah Schwarzschild and David Lei have joined Metropolitan Real Estate Equity Management to boost the firm’s secondary investment efforts.
Aviva Investors’ Asian real estate business, which currently is for sale through Jones Lang LaSalle, has seen senior executive Guy Cawthra leave to join Australian developer cum fund manager Lend Lease.
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Oaktree’s chairman said that one particular truism in real estate would become more problematic under the Federal Reserve’s tapering policy.
The purchase and renovation of the UK Saga Ruby cruise liner is the third investment by Suchad Chiaranussati’s Singapore-based firm in the frontier market.
Ellis Short, the former principal at Lone Star, has raised $1.5bn in just five months for his new firm’s European real estate debt investment fund and is thought to have another $1bn of capital commitments competing for the remaining $500 million of units.
Daniel Takase, a former Tishman Speyer executive, will help to source and manage the firm’s investments in the Latin American nation.
With the hire of Peter Fish, the financial services firm’s investment banking practice is planning to expand its private placements business.
The San Francisco-based private real estate firm, launched last year by ex-Presidio founders Jack Berquist and Desi Co, has combined with UK-based Lakestar Capital.