A pan-continental move leads this week’s review of personnel updates from around Asia’s real estate industry with a veteran fund manager taking on fresh responsibilities in a new hemisphere. Also making the list is a resignation at a Tokyo-listed hotel… Read More>>
Canada’s CDPQ Taps Rana Ghorayeb to Lead Real Estate at Reorganised Group
CDPQ on Thursday announced the appointment of Rana Ghorayeb as executive vice-president and head of real estate, as Canada’s second-largest pension fund carries out an organisational rejig launched in January.
Ghorayeb will oversee Ivanhoe Cambridge, the real estate investment division… Read More>>
Asia Real Estate People in the News 2024-03-18
The world’s largest pension fund manager leads this week’s round of personnel moves from around Asia’s real estate industry, with Japan GPIF said to be ready to hand an extension to its CIO. Top level moves for Canada’s CDPQ in… Read More>>
Asia Real Estate People in the News 2024-02-26
The misadventures of a Singapore-listed REIT of Chinese malls leads this week’s roundup of personnel moves from around the region, as Dasin Retail Trust fires its CEO after she asked for back pay. Also making the list is Canada’s CDPQ,… Read More>>
CDPQ Set to Slash Jobs at Ivanhoe Cambridge, Otera After 6.2% Loss in 2023
Quebec public pension manager Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec (CDPQ) is preparing to reduce headcount at its real estate divisions after the fund manager recorded a 6.2 percent loss on its property investments in 2023 — the only… Read More>>
Asia Real Estate People in the News 2024-02-05
An upgrade to the investment team at one of Singapore’s biggest institutions leads the first collection of personnel moves for February, as Keppel Ltd promotes one of its senior team members. There’s also more turnover at Canada’s CDPQ and a… Read More>>
Canada’s CDPQ Restructuring Ivanhoe Cambridge, Otera Capital Real Estate Divisions
Canada’s second-largest pension fund is moving its real estate investment divisions in-house with the transition expected to save Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec C$100 million ($74.3 million) annually.
CDPQ said on Thursday that it will shift its Ivanhoe Cambridge… Read More>>
Blackstone and KKR Bid for Korean Pension Debt and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
In today’s roundup of regional news headlines, fund management colossi Blackstone and KKR throw their hats in the ring to manage a Korean pension fund’s overseas real estate debt, and jilted investors vent their rage at a Chinese shadow bank…. Read More>>
Canada’s CDPQ Reportedly Closing Shanghai Office and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
In today’s roundup of regional real estate headlines, Canada’s second-largest pension fund reportedly pauses investment in China, and Sichuan-based developer Languang is set to lose its listing on the Shanghai Stock Exchange after nine years of trading. Also in the… Read More>>
British Columbia, Ontario Pension Funds Call China Investment Pause
Testifying last week in front of a Canadian parliamentary committee investigating the country’s relationship with China, leaders of two of Canada’s largest public pension funds said they have paused direct mainland investments as tensions rise between Beijing and Ottawa.
Stephen… Read More>>