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Stalwart of  Pramerica Real Estate Investors, Philip Barrett, has been elevated to a global chief investment risk officer role after having been in charge of investments in Europe and Asia.

James Stolpestad has left his position as the head of the New York-based property arm of the German insurer after more than three and a half years at the firm.

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The real estate investment arm of UK insurer Prudential is continuing its internationalization push with the creation of a new role in Korea, and the appointment of banking and real estate veteran Hyesik Ryu to fill that role.

Lodha outbid 20 global investors for a £300 million property, and has hired a JPMorgan veteran to run its new UK arm.

  The German investment manager has poached Eric Cheah from Pacific Star Group to become its new Asia real estate head.  

The Europe-focused real estate investment manager has hired Raphael Brault as head of separate accounts and funds as deputy chief investment officer Jean Lavielle retires

In what is being dubbed the  largest real estate transaction ever in Greece, the new investment platform of Chris Papachristophorou, the former head of opportunistic investing at RREEF, has agreed to buy a majority stake in Pangaea.

Andrew Smith has left Aberdeen Asset Management where he was global head of property following Monday’s announcement the firm is taking over Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) from Lloyds Banking Group.

Antony Leung will join Hong Kong-based real estate group, Nan Fung, as CEO in Febraury 2014.