Peak Legal Counsel is exclusively partnering with a leading institutional real estate investment platform to hire for their core portfolio management team in Singapore.
We are looking for a best-in-class Global Real Estate Portfolio Manager – someone who thinks from first principles and can build, manage, and exit cross-border institutional real estate portfolios for family offices, insurance capital, and sovereign wealth funds.
This is not a typical investment role. You will sit inside a global real estate team covering APAC, UK, and Dubai, owning the asset allocation, underwriting, transaction execution, and portfolio management end-to-end.
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COMPENSATION – TOP TIER
We are looking for top 1% talent and compensating accordingly:
Base Salary: SGD 120,000 – 180,000 per annum (commensurate with experience)
Performance Bonus: 30% – 80% of base (fund/portfolio performance)
Carry: 5–15 bps on realised profits (for senior hires with track record)
Total Expected Compensation: SGD 180,000 – 300,000+ per annum
Additional Benefits:
- Full medical + dental + vision (self + 1 dependent)
- Annual leave: 20 days + public holidays
- Relocation support up to SGD 20,000 (if applicable)
- Business class travel for client/deal trips (UK, Dubai, HK, China)
- CFA / RICS / CAIA sponsorship
If you are the right person, we will pay what it takes.
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THE FRAMEWORK: STRATEGY → UNDERWRITING → PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
Layer 1: Strategy & Asset Allocation
- Institutional Users: Family offices, insurance capital, SWFs, corporate treasury. Their needs include 3–5 year global real estate allocation frameworks, target IRR, risk budget, sector weights (logistics/resi/office/DC).
- Core Markets: Singapore, Hong Kong, Mainland China, UK, Dubai.
- Market Pain Points: Cross-border tax complexity, fragmented data, exit path uncertainty.
- Competition & Ecosystem: Global real estate funds, REITs, private equity real estate. Find the gap.
Layer 2: Underwriting & Transactions – Own the Modules
You will define and own one or more of the following modules:
- Valuation & Modeling: DCF, NOI, IRR models, sensitivity/scenario analysis
- Due Diligence: Financial, legal, valuation, lease, OPEX, ESG
- Cross-Border Execution: SPVs, equity/asset purchases, JVs, REITs pathways
- Local Management: Lawyers, valuers, brokers, property managers (UK, Dubai, SG, HK)
Layer 3: Portfolio Management – Build the Moat
- Maintain global portfolio dashboard: NOI, occupancy, cash flow, valuation, IRR tracking
- Drive value-add / asset management plans: capex, repositioning, lease renewals, cost optimisation
- Design exit strategies: whole-asset sale, portfolio spin-off, REIT listing
- Produce quarterly portfolio reports for institutional clients
- Lead roadshows and client seminars on global real estate trends
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WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
- 5+ years of institutional real estate investment / portfolio management experience
- Proven track record in cross-border real estate (SG/HK/UK/Dubai exposure strongly preferred)
- Deep experience with DCF, IRR, NOI, sensitivity analysis – required
- Understands the gap between institutional and HNW capital – and can make hard trade-offs
- Has real-world experience with the Strategy → Underwriting → Portfolio Management framework
- Fluent in English (native or business proficient). Mandarin is a strong plus
- Bonus: REITs IPO/listing/spin-off experience / Existing SWF/family office relationships / Data centre or logistics expertise
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WHY THIS ROLE IS UNIQUE
- You are not building for strangers – you are building alongside a world-class real estate investment team
- Your users (family offices, SWFs, insurance CIOs) are direct counterparts
- You will see direct P&L impact of your asset allocation and exit decisions
- This is a career-defining role at the intersection of global real estate, institutional capital, and cross-border execution
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