Cbre Global Investment Partners Limited (London)


Cbre Global Investment Partners Limited is a large advisory firm based in London. It manages $28.73 billion of regulatory assets for 102 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2014.

Cbre Global Investment Partners Limited provides portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles, portfolio management for businesses and institutional clients, and selection of other advisers. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Cbre Global Investment Partners Limited: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Cbre Global Investment Partners Limited is $28.73 billion. The firm's AUM has grown by 121% since the beginning of its operation, and $26 billion of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $23.82 billion in discretionary accounts and $4.91 billion in non-discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $245.56 million each. Non-discretionary accounts, where clients actively manage their portfolios, generally hold around $981.75 million.
Cbre Global Investment Partners Limited has custody of $18.98 billion in cash and securities for 99 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Investments

The firm invests in pooled investment vehicles the most. They account for 100% of the total AUM.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Cbre Global Investment Partners Limited for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management, fixed fees, and performance-based fees. Flat-fee based compensation is the most transparent and the one you can safely predict in advance. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients Cbre Global Investment Partners Limited serves?

The firm provides services to insurance companies, pooled investment vehicles, pension and profit sharing plans, and state or municipal government entities. The largest group of clients of Cbre Global Investment Partners Limited is pooled investment vehicles with 13 clients and $10.4 billion of assets under management. Among the 8 most similar advisory firms, Cbre Global Investment Partners Limited has the 3rd lowest percentage of pooled investment vehicles out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $28.73 billion for 102 clients. 97% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Cbre Global Investment Partners Limited also advises several private funds. Namely, five real estate funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons ranges from $1,000,000 to $20,000,000.

Careers at Cbre Global Investment Partners Limited

The company employs 85 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 56 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. No employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There isn’t anyone with the role of looking for and bringing in new clients on behalf of the firm. The firm compensates employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

Ian Murrough Gleeson has served as the Chief Investment Officer since 1 Dec 2008 and Jeremy James Plummer is the Chief Executive Officer of Cbre Global Investment Partners Limited family office. Cbre Holdco Inc. joined the executive team most recently as the Limited Partner.

Direct owners and executive officers


Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Cbre Global Investors Europe Holdings Limited Shareholder 1 Jan 2005 75% - 100% foreign
Jeremy James Plummer Chief executive officer 1 Dec 2006 Other 6048062
Ian Murrough Gleeson Chief investment officer 1 Dec 2008 Other 6048071
Stuart Savidge Chief financial & operations officer 1 Jul 2009 Other 6048064
Adrian Lee Baker Head of asia pacific 1 Aug 2009 Other 6317048
Mario Arthur Indelicato Chief compliance officer 1 Jul 2011 Other 4889081
Manu Sheel Chopra General counsel 1 Nov 2012 Other 6175460
Alexander Robert Bignell Head of uk 1 Apr 2013 Other 6317042
Alexander Philip Van Riel Head of continental europe 1 Apr 2013 Other 6317045
Gillian Anne Roantree Chief operations officer 1 Jan 2016 Other 6615352
John James Douglas Went Legal counsel 1 Jan 2016 Other 6615358
Robert S Tull Chief compliance officer 1 Jan 2017 Other 3176647
Ian Murrough Gleeson Chief executive officer and chief investment officer 1 Jan 2018 Other 6048071
Ahmed Remi Makele Chief compliance officer 1 Oct 2018 Other 7033496

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 20 indirect owners.

Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Inc. Cbre Group Shareholder 1 Jun 2004 75% - 100% 94-3391143
Cbre Limited Shareholder 1 Jan 2005 75% - 100% foreign
Inc. Cbre Services Shareholder 1 Jul 2007 75% - 100% 52-1616016
Cbre Global Holdings Sarl Shareholder 1 Dec 2009 75% - 100% foreign
Cbre Global Acquisition Company Sarl Shareholder 1 Dec 2009 75% - 100% foreign
Cbre Luxembourg Holdings Sarl Shareholder 1 Dec 2009 75% - 100% foreign
Inc. Cbre Services Shareholder 1 Feb 2013 50% - 75% 52-1616016
Cbre Holdings Limited Shareholder 1 Mar 2013 75% - 100% foreign
Relam Amsterdam Holdings B.V. Shareholder 1 Mar 2013 75% - 100% foreign
Cbre Limited Partnership Shareholder 1 Mar 2013 75% - 100% foreign
Cbre Partner Inc. General partner 1 Mar 2013 75% - 100% 11-1111111
Inc Cbre Shareholder 1 Mar 2013 75% - 100% 95-2743174
Llc Cb/Tcc Shareholder 1 Mar 2013 75% - 100% 26-0468617
Inc. Cbre Services Member 1 Sep 2013 75% - 100% 52-1616016
Cb/Tcc Global Holdings Limited Shareholder 1 Sep 2013 75% - 100% 98-0518702
Cbre Finance Limited Shareholder 1 Dec 2017 Other foreign
Cbre Finance I Limited Shareholder 1 Dec 2017 Other foreign
Cbre Finance Europe Llp Shareholder 1 Dec 2017 75% - 100% foreign
Inc Cbre Shareholder 1 Aug 2018 75% - 100% 95-2743174
Cbre Holdco Inc. Limited partner 1 Dec 2018 75% - 100% 83-1884103

Based in London

The principal office where Cbre Global Investment Partners Limited performs its advisory services is located at Third Floor, One New Change, London, Ec4 M 9 Af, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in Boston, MA. The firm also has an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 44 (0) 207 809 9000. The normal business hours are 9am to 5 pm (uk time) on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at cbreglobalinvestors.com.