UBS Global Asset Management has hired Roddy Sloan as global head of real estate funds of funds and securities within its global real estate business. Based in London, he will lead a newly created global real estate funds of funds initiative and supervise the existing global real estate securities business, which will continue to be co-headed by Bruce Ebnother and Laurent Wunderli.
Sloan will be a member of the global real estate management committee and will report to Paul Marcuse, head of global real estate, who joined UBS from Axa Real Estate Investment Managers in January. Sloan brings a wealth of real estate experience in Europe and Asia to the UBS team, including six years as a senior portfolio manager. Most recently he was global head of business strategy with Axa Real Estate Investment Managers.