Former Morgan Stanley research head joins Tristan as COO

Tristan Capital Partners has appointed former Morgan Stanley research head Ian Laming as chief operating officer (COO). Laming was co-head of Equity and Fixed Income Research at Morgan Stanley in London from 2005 until 2007, where he co-managed a department of 265 professionals.

Tristan is the real estate investment manager established by former Curzon Global Partners CEO Ric Lewis in May this year.

Ian Laming said: 'Real estate should be an attractive asset class over the next decade, particularly relative to bonds and equities. At the same time, there's a significant opportunity for a handful of boutique asset managers with deep experience, properly aligned fee structures and an innovative approach to reshape the industry. I'm excited by that, and of course about partnering with an experienced real estate investor like Ric, who has great client relationships and a track record of picking through the markets to produce outsized returns for investors.'

Laming added that building and running investment management businesses will continue to be a complex challenge for the industry. While investment opportunities abound in real estate, all participants would need to carefully navigate market volatility and regulatory changes whilst making sure that managers’ and clients’ interests were totally aligned.

Ric Lewis, Tristan Capital Partners founder and CEO, said Tristan continues to look for windfall profit opportunities, particularly in the UK, through its role as portfolio manager for two AEW Europe funds.

'As we believe the future will be characterised by lower trend economic growth, and increasingly skewed economic outcomes, portfolio reorganisations will continue to offer a rich variety of assets for opportunistic and value added investors in the coming years,' he said.