Emerging Market Real Estate Investment, 1st Edition

DAVID J. LYNN, PHD, is an institutional real estate investor, strategist, and portfolio manager with extensive experience in national and international markets. Currently, he is Managing Director, Head of the Research and Investment Strategy Group, and Generalist Portfolio Manager at ING Clarion Partners. In this capacity, he directs the firm’s strategic and tactical investment decisions regarding investment portfolios. He is also a member of the Investment and Operating Committees, where he makes decisions on billions of dollars of new investments, portfolios, fund strategies, and dispositions. Lynn’s theoretical work has yielded new approaches and analytical techniques in the areas of active portfolio management, market forecasting, financial distress, and emerging markets. He has published widely on the subjects of real estate investment, development, economics, and land use. Lynn has written or coauthored over seventy articles, internal investment and strategy papers, and three major books, including Active Private Equity Real Estate Strategy. He writes a highly regarded column called “Capital Trends” in National Real Estate Investor magazine and is frequently cited in the media for his views on the economy and the real estate industry. Lynn earned his PhD in financial economics from the London School of Economics, where he also earned a master of science specializing in finance. He holds an MBA from MIT’s Sloan School of Management.

TIM WANG, PHD, is Senior Vice-President and Senior Investment Strategist with the Research and Investment Strategy Group at ING Clarion Partners. Dr. Wang joined ING Clarion Partners in 2006 and has authored more than fifty internal and external real estate investment strategy and market research articles and book chapters. He is a frequent speaker at industrial conferences. Tim holds an MBA from New York University and a PhD from the University of Georgia.