VIENNA, VA—However, the latest monthly survey by Capital One Securities found differing levels of broker confidence among regions and property types.

NEW YORK CITY—Both Carey Flaherty and Derek Jacobson have been integral to transaction underwriting, execution and asset management in the private equity firm's US and European markets.

NEW YORK CITY—Nearly 75% of the metro office markets tracked by Colliers International saw an increase in asking rents and a decline in vacancies last year, writes the firm's Stephen Newbold.

LOS ANGELES—Fifty-four percent of institutional investors intend to deploy more than $1 billion of capital into Americas real estate this year, says CBRE.

For private equity firms buying portfolio companies, a sale-leaseback can be a key component of the capital stack

EDINBURGH—The all-stock combination of Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management would count more than US$40 billion of real estate investments among its assets under management globally.

NEW YORK CITY—"It just made a lot of sense to become more fully integrated with the exit solution that a lot of our clients are ultimately seeking," the specialty investment bank's David Blatt tells GlobeSt.com.

IRVINE, CA—President and CEO of CoreLogic since 2010, Anand Nallathambi had worked closely with his successor, Frank Martell (pictured), for the past six years.