UBS Asset Management (UBS-AM) Real Estate & Private Markets (REPM) has hired Jonathan Ufton as an asset manager for its UK real estate team, based in London.
In his new role, Ufton is responsible for the asset management of real estate assets for both Triton Property Fund LP, REPM’s flagship UK fund, as well as segregated mandates on behalf of international investors seeking attractive investment opportunities in the UK market. He reports to Ben Clark, head of asset management, real estate UK.
Ufton joins UBS-AM after 13 years in real estate, most recently at Curzon Advisers where he spent the past five years as the portfolio and sole asset manager of cross-sector UK and pan-European real estate portfolios totaling 42 assets.
A qualified chartered surveyor, Ufton started his career at DTZ, where he worked as an investment surveyor and fixed charge receiver in both the investment brokerage and corporate recovery teams, involved in the valuation, acquisition and disposition of commercial property and the receivership of distressed real estate assets.
