Assembly Funds Management: Investment house names new chief investment officer

Assembly Funds Management, the $465 million investment house backed by the billionaire Lowy family, has made a slew of new appointments as it opens the chequebook following an over-subscribed raise.The firm has elevated former Invesco head of acquisitions Tim Meurer to chief investment officer. Meurer has been with Assembly since September 2019 as its head of investments.

Investment manager Louis O’Loughlin will step into Meurer’s former role, focusing on executing Assembly’s strategy, getting his hands dirty with transactions and making acquisitions/divestments. Elsewhere, head of finance Steve Jones has been promoted to chief financial officer and investment analyst Darlia Symons has added senior to her title. Jones joined Assembly in 2021 after a decade-plus career at Westfield Corporation and Scentre Group.

The real estate fund manager has been busy deploying its new diversified property fund dubbed ADPF2 after raising more than $115 million from influential investors including Lowy Group, private equity firm Alceon and former Westfield chief operating officer Michael Gutman in November. Wealthy individuals and family offices also tipped in, reflecting a growing appetite to get into the lucrative non-bank lending scene.

ADPF2’s primary focus is real estate equity, investing in alternatives such as living and logistics while shunning commercial, office and retail which have suffered amid cyclical and structural concerns in the asset classes. Around 20 per cent of the fund is deployed while fund one is 80 per cent deployed.has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories.

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