Peter Bretveld joins Kempen Real Estate team

For over six years, Bretveld worked for Blue Sky Group in the position of senior portfolio manager, where he was responsible for global non-listed real estate. Previous to this position, Bretveld was an assistant fund manager at CBRE Global Investors, and he gained experience as an investment analyst working for ING Real Estate Investment Management.

Matthijs Storm, head of the Kempen Real Estate team, commented on Peter Bretveld’s appointment saying: ‘Peter has built up an excellent reputation in real estate markets, in which he has been active since 2001. Besides a wealth of experience, he brings a vast network of contacts in global real estate markets to the team. Peter will be a great asset to our team.’

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2019, 18 June

Kempen European Private Equity Fund reaches over €120 million after second closing

Amsterdam, 18 June 2019. The private equity fund of Kempen Capital Management (Kempen), the Kempen European Private Equity Fund, has raised over €45 million in the second closing on 14 June 2019. Following the second closing, the fund has a fund size of more than €120 million.

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Asset Allocation update June

In the wake of a correction in May in which the prices of equities from industrialised countries lost over 5% and emerging market equities fell by nearly 10%, markets breathed a sigh of relief at the start of June. The growing willingness of the US central bank to cut interest rates helped the equity markets regain their footing, while the deal the US agreed with Mexico to tackle the refugee crisis, prompting the US not to impose higher import tariffs after all, also improved sentiment on the equity markets.

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