"Both Matthijs and Helen have outstanding track records inproviding targeted analysis for key property stocks in Europe andAsia," says Rutson Ferguson, chief investment officer for INGClarion Real Estate Securities. The company is an affiliate of INGReal Estate. In their new roles, Storm and Wong will be responsiblefor providing coverage and analysis of listed real estate companiesin their respective market areas, explains Ferguson, whose firmaims to participate in the globalization of the commercial propertysector through an active growth campaign.

Most recently, Storm had been head of CRE research at FortisBank Global Markets in Amsterdam, working to create a teamresponsible for covering European-based real estate investors.Storm had also been an equity analyst at Kempen & Co. MerchantBank in Amsterdam, for whom he covered real estate operations inAustria, Germany and Switzerland.

Wong also brings experience from the JP Morgan Securities'Regional Property Hong Kong/China group, where she specialized oncoverage of small- and mid-cap real estate companies. Storm andWong join an investment management firm that has been offering arange of real estate programs since 1984, including separateaccounts, mutual funds, closed-end vehicles and absolute returnstrategies.