Investors

Jeff Giller is leaving the San Francisco-based secondaries firm after four years. Josh Cleveland and Brendan MacDonald have already left. The departure triggers a key man clause in Liquid’s $570m LRP Fund IV.

More than half of the UK’s institutional pension funds are planning to increase their commercial property investment allocation despite the dramatic falls in values since 2007, according to research published this week.

Lisette van Doorn is leaving the European real estate association to return to ING as country and fund manager for its Southern Europe retail fund.

Despite Prudential Real Estate Investors' global heft, chief executive officer Allen Smith believes the firm is as nimble, and flexible, as any boutique operation. By Zoe Hughes

Elliott Broidy, head of Markstone Capital, was not found to be uncooperative and has been given more time to meet SEC requests for information and testimony.

Direct real estate investing takes centre stage as Korea’s national pension fund seeks rapid growth in alternative assets. PERE magazine October 2009

Pension Consulting Alliance managing director Judy Chambers said the interest shown by managers was ‘in line’ with the consulting firm’s expectations. The next steps in the process are up to the pensions who will be provided the information requested by the PCA.

The New York-based real estate investment firm pulls plans for a mortgage REIT after poor showing in the public markets.

The private equity real estate firm, together with Fortress, DE Shaw and Five Mile, has offered $3.5bn for the hotel group’s $4.1bn first mortgage, according to the WSJ. The plan would rival a bankruptcy court reorganisation plan.

US pensions are looking to educate themselves about infrastructure asset managers – the best sign yet that they may yet follow Australian superannuation funds in fueling the growth of the asset class in a big way.