Social Housing REIT plc is the largest London listed investor (NAV:£430m) in high-quality social housing assets in the UK, focused on new-build supported housing assets
About the transaction:
On behalf of the Board of Directors, Akur led an independent Investment Manager review process which commenced in May 2024 and culminated in the selection of a new manager – Atrato Partners Limited – in December 2024. This process included an extensive benchmarking of the relevant UK investment managers, a full review and appraisal of the company’s previous management arrangements, benchmarking of UK market precedents, and engagement with a number of high-quality prospective firms, following which Akur provided its independent view and recommendations to the Board.
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Chris Young…
Chris is focused on listed closed-ended funds, specialising in both equity and debt capital fundraising.
He has over 16 years’ experience in both sales and research. With relationships across many of the large institutional investors in the sector, he has worked across IPOs, secondary fundraisings, placings and sales.
He began his career in the City as an investment funds analyst at Credit Lyonnais in 1999, and has subsequently held positions at Lazard Panmure Gordon, Arbuthnot Securities, and most recently as a specialist salesman within the investment funds team at Westhouse Securities. He is focused on private and public real estate and REITs, infrastructure and utilities, emerging markets, private equity and alternatives.
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3780 8746
Mob: +44 (0) 7471 141 303
Email: cyoung@akur.co.uk
+44 207 493 3631
