Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Tan-EU hires chief investment officer Review

Tan-EU Capital has appointed Frank Xin as chief investment officer. He will be mainly responsible for sourcing transactions for Tan -EU’s SOTAN China Real Estate I fund, working in close collaboration with partner SOCAM Development.
Xin will be based in Shanghai where Tan -EU Capital recently opened an office. He joins from Pingan Real Estate Investment Management Limited, where he was managing director and head of real estate investment,  establishing a investment team which invested over $800m across China.
Xin is a pretty good hire for a boutique outfit such as Tan-EU. The group’s links with Shui On clearly allow it to punch above its weight in hiring. CEO Rachel Tan likes to talk about her business as being a different model of fund management to the conventional norm and she does seem to be striking a balance between being a strong local player in Chinese real estate with Xin and SOCAM, while keeping European LPs happy with head of fund management James Buckley, who has a blue-chip CV with Schroders and Grosvenor. Tan has a foot in both hemispheres of course.

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