Before acquisition
Test the assumptions: downside cases, pricing discipline, financing and the candidate’s own role in the transaction.
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Investment & Asset Management02 / Investment & Asset Management
The deal is only the beginning.
Find the people who can underwrite a sound investment and deliver the business plan after completion.
Recruitment intelligence
Market context / Full year 2025
€241bn
European real estate investment
Source, scope & methodology
European Real Estate Investment Climbs to €241 Billion in 2025, Fuelled by Big Gains in the Healthcare Sector
CBRE · Published 2026-01-28
CBRE reported total investment of €241bn, 13% above 2024. The total excludes living-sector investment in France during Q4 2025.
What this means for a hiring brief
Start with the business outcome.
Select investment and asset-management talent who can connect disciplined underwriting with a credible operating plan after acquisition.
PropertyTalents’ recruitment perspective on the cited research. National and sector indicators do not establish availability for a particular role.
Funds & investorsTransactionsAsset managementPortfolio strategy
The hiring lens
Different decisions. Different evidence.
Decide what the person must deliver before narrowing the search to familiar job titles.
After acquisition
Test execution: leasing, capex, operating income, reporting and decisions that changed asset performance.
Roles & assessment
Know what good
looks like.
Choose a hiring area to see example roles and the evidence to look for. These are recruitment priorities to discuss, not a list of current vacancies.
Example roles
Investment Director
Acquisitions Manager
What to assess
Plan this hireUnderwriting assumptions, transaction ownership, due diligence and judgement under downside scenarios.
Compensation contextCompare the role.
Compare the role.
Then compare the package.
Country, responsibility, asset scale and variable pay all change the comparison. Start with a like-for-like brief before asking for a salary range.
How we approach salary benchmarkingYour next hire
Make the brief
work harder.
Use the hiring area selected above, choose your market and take these questions into the next conversation.
Is the priority transactions, asset performance or portfolio strategy?
What investment strategy and risk profile will they work within?
Which results were personally owned, rather than delivered by the wider team?
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