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24 July 2008
Macquarie Securities has acquired the assets of AME Capital Ltd and appointed its founder Alex Moss to the newly created role of Head of Global Property Securities Analytics.
AME Capital provides database and research products to European and US institutional investors covering all listed real estate companies globally, and dedicated real estate securities funds across all mandates.
Mr Moss has 27 years experience in real estate investment banking encompassing research, corporate broking, corporate finance and private equity. He formed AME Capital in 2002, and has created a database and proprietary quantitative model for filtering and analysing all listed real estate companies globally, using factors such as asset location, gearing, absolute and relative performance and yield. It is the only database of its kind in the market. The system currently comprises over 2,000 stocks, and is used by both specialist real estate fund managers and hedge funds to support their market and stock analysis of the real estate sector around the world.
“I am very pleased to join Macquarie Securities’ European business during its current growth phase,” said Mr Moss. “Macquarie’s global scale means a dramatic increase in potential users of the database, as well as the possibility of developing more analytical tools, using Macquarie’s expertise in quantitative methodology, and the creation of derivative products based on selected companies in the database.”
Mr Moss joins Macquarie Securities’ growing European broking business. The business was established early this year, delivering a specialised offering focussed on Macquarie’s global core strengths including real estate, infrastructure, utilities, energy and resources.
“Alex has pioneered an innovative approach to real estate sector analysis that will be a strong complement to Macquarie’s own research-driven process. We pride ourselves on research excellence and intellectual rigour, so Alex and the system he developed will be a strong addition to our services,” said Alan Watson, Head of Macquarie’s European broking business.
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