Real Estate Investment

Real Estate (Property) Investment Package

Our real estate (property) investment management teams are focused on acquiring and repositioning superior mixed-use assets in dynamic markets including New York and other gateway cities. Targeting income-producing and value-add opportunities in interesting, evolving neighborhoods, the firm employs a focused and disciplined approach to its investments. has grown its portfolio organically, acquiring one asset at a time since the firm’s inception in 2002 to over $3.1 billion of current assets under management. The company’s strategy, combined with its creative, entrepreneurial approach, integrated operating platform, and exceptional capital markets expertise has resulted in a gross IRR of 35% and equity multiple of 2.0x on realized investments, and a 24% IRR and 1.9x multiple across all investments in the firm's portfolio through three real estate cycles.

Our investment management teams ensure assets entrusted to by its clients are invested strategically and in alignment with their respective investment policies to produce sustainable, long-term investment performance.

Our Fixed Income investments provide diversified fixed income exposure to clients and consistent, superior risk-adjusted returns during different market cycles. The objective of our Fixed Income portfolios is to provide our clients with capital preservation, liquidity and superior, risk-controlled return relative to a benchmark. The team manages fixed income portfolios for both balanced fund and government fund clients with different maturity targets (ranging from money market, short, mid, long and real return bond) and credit risk targets. This group actively manages various public and private credit investments such as investment grade corporate credits, private placements, mortgages and private debt & loan portfolios.

Why Invest in Real Estate

It’s no secret that real estate investing has played a huge part in the success story of most billionaires around the world today. It’s a proven and tested way for all kinds of investors to get ahead and reach their financial and investment goals. So with that said lets have a look at some of the top reasons why you should invest in real estate.

It’s a Usable Investment

Property is tangible investment that provides shelter; a basic necessity for most people. This essentially means that should events take a turn for the worse you have a property you can move into and use as your home or alternatively lease out whilst you wait for capital appreciation. This is a luxury you simply do not get with an investment like the stocks for example and is rather unique to those that invest in real estate.

Real Estate is accessible to most and relatively easy to get into

Unlike investing in say the stock market or bonds, investing in property is rather simple. Of course it requires a degree of due diligence and usually the help of a experience broker but these are minor in comparison.

Its easy to finance

Whilst It may not always feel like it when you’re going through the application process, property finance it is in fact relatively easy to obtain. Home financing makes up a major part of any bank’s business model and as a result they are more likely to lend on residential propertythan any other asset class.. This makes investing in property far more accessible than most other asset classes.

Investment With Flexibility

Property is a rather flexible investment. Regardless of your financial goals there is a investment strategy that will suit you. Common strategies include; capital growth, buy to let, renovations, sub-divisions and even development.

Stability

Whilst not always true, generally speaking the property market is far less volatile than investments like the share market. What this mans is that property is much less prone to short-term speculators and unlikely to experience drastic falls overnight. This is largely due to the fact that its a usable investment and one that cannot be liquidated at a click of a button.

Listed here are just a few of the many reasons why every investor should have at least a part of their investment portfolio in real estate. Whilst there is no denying the effectiveness of investing in real estate it’s still important to only do so with the appropriate strategy, knowledge and due diligence.