London, 4 June 2007 – LaSalle Investment Management (“LaSalle”) today announced the firm has received three top industry awards over the last two months. Most recently, LaSalle was named ‘Best Investment Manager’ at the IPE Real Estate Investor Forum & Awards on 1 June at an event in Amsterdam. Voting was conducted by pension funds and consultants active in the European real estate industry.
In May, LaSalle also was honoured as ‘Fund Manager of the Year’ by Money Management for the firm’s SG Hiscock / LaSalle Global Listed Property Securities Trust at the annual awards ceremony on 10 May in Sydney. Additionally, LaSalle’s Kodak Pension Plan Team was named 'Top Performing Fund' at the Estates Gazette Interactive Awards in London on 21 May.
Jeff Jacobson, CEO of LaSalle, said, “Industry accolades such as these are a testament to our culture and strategy to employ benchmark-beating strategies and identify investment opportunities around the world. As these awards highlight, our best investment yet is in pooling many of the most talented people in the business and putting them to work for our clients.”
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About LaSalle Investment Management
LaSalle Investment Management, Inc., a member of the Jones Lang LaSalle group (NYSE: JLL), is a leading global real estate investment manager, with approximately $44 billion of assets under management. LaSalle Investment Management is active across a range of real estate capital and operating markets including private and public, debt and equity. LaSalle Investment Management is authorised and regulated for investment business in the UK by the Financial Services Authority.