Peter Hobbs

Dr Peter Hobbs

Managing Director, Head of Real Estate

Peter Hobbs is Managing Director of Private Markets and a member of the Senior Management Team. His division covers Real Estate, Infrastructure, Private Equity and Private Debt, providing a range of services including portfolio design, manager selection and due diligence. Peter has over 30 years of both principal investing and research experience. He joined bfinance from MSCI where he was Managing Director for Real Estate Research and Key Global Accounts, responsible for portfolio analysis, benchmarking and risk services. Prior to this, he held roles with IPD, RREEF (the alternatives asset management division of Deutsche Bank) and Property & Portfolio Research. In 2015 he was shortlisted for Outstanding Industry Contribution at the IPE Real Estate Global Awards. Peter has a PhD and is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS).


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