Evelyn Lee is Editor for PEI Group’s real estate-focused publication, PERE, overseeing global news coverage for both its digital and print platforms. Based in London, she manages a team of journalists across PEI’s offices in New York, London and Hong Kong.
She joined the company in its New York office in July 2011 as a reporter covering the industry in the Americas. She became senior reporter in January 2014 and was promoted to news editor in July 2015. Evelyn relocated to PEI's headquarters office in London in 2018 and was promoted to editor in 2019. Prior to joining PEI in 2011 she covered commercial real estate, economic development and environmental issues at NJBIZ, a New Jersey-focused business publication.
The $160.4 billion pension plan intends to add more senior investment professionals, particularly in alternatives, and rely less on outside consultants for due diligence and underwriting in the future.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
The $75.6bn pension plan has agreed to sell a nearly $1bn portfolio of real estate fund interests to a new entrant to the secondary market.
2 min read · 20 September 2013
Timothy Walsh, who has overseen investments for the $74bn pension plan for three years, will be joining a real estate fund manager to help build up its North America business.
3 min read · 19 September 2013
The real estate secondaries market is getting increasingly liquid – thanks largely to the emergence of some non-traditional buyers.
3 min read · 19 September 2013
The US insurer had dedicated $100m to support private equity and real estate firms with women and minority participation, says Allstate's head of real estate equity Edgar Alvarado.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
The Zurich-based investment bank said today that it is looking to sell one of its largest private equity fund investing groups, citing its illiquidity and lack of synergy with the rest of the firm.
2 min read · 17 January 2013
New Jersey’s $350m commitment represents the first major investment by a US pension plan in TPG’s growing real estate business.
3 min read · 17 January 2013
Listed private equity groups suffered sharp declines in their share prices during last week’s severe public market downturn, with some analysts wary about the volatility of the sector.
2 min read · 06 January 2013
