Jon Cheigh

Chief Investment Officer and Head of Global Real Estate

28 years of experience

Jon Cheigh, Executive Vice President, Chief Investment Officer and Head of Real Estate, leads the investment department and oversees the real estate team, serving as senior portfolio manager for all global real estate strategies. Mr. Cheigh joined the company in 2005 as a REIT analyst and has served as a portfolio manager since 2008. He was named Head of Global Real Estate in 2012 and was appointed Chief Investment Officer in 2019. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Cheigh was a vice president and senior REIT analyst at Security Capital Research & Management. Prior to that, he was a vice president of real estate acquisitions at InterPark and an acquisitions associate at Urban Growth Property Trust, two privately held real estate companies incubated by Security Capital Group. Mr. Cheigh holds a BA degree cum laude from Williams College and an MBA degree from the University of Chicago. He is based in New York.

STRATEGIES

Asia Pacific Real Estate Securities

Access to a diversified portfolio of Asian REITs and other real estate securities

Learn more

European Real Estate Securities

Access to a diversified portfolio of European REITs and other real estate securities

Learn more

International Real Estate Securities

Portfolio of REITs and other real estate securities across Asia Pacific, Europe and Canada with opportunistic allocations to emerging markets

Learn more

Global Real Estate Securities

Our broadest real estate portfolio, providing an efficient means of allocating to globally listed real estate

Learn more

Global Realty Focus

Concentrated portfolio of global real estate securities that we believe have significant upside, with the objective of delivering superior returns for investors with higher risk tolerance

Learn more

Global Rental Securities

Diversified portfolio of global real estate securities that derive a majority of revenue from income-producing real estate properties

Learn more

Next Generation Real Estate

Invests in real estate sectors related to e-commerce and properties that support the digital economy, as well as those close to the changing residential needs of key demographic cohort

Learn more

Real Assets Multi-Strategy

Seeks to achieve attractive long-term total returns and maximize real returns during inflationary environments, through a diversified portfolio of real assets.

Learn more

Real Estate Completion

Customized to complement an investor’s existing core private real estate holdings, including access to newer economy and non-traditional property types

Learn more

U.S. Realty Focus

Concentrated portfolio of U.S. REITs and other real estate securities that we believe have significant upside, with the objective of delivering superior returns for investors with higher risk tolerance

Learn more

U.S. Realty Total Return

Seeks to maximize total return, with a balance of capital appreciation and current income, by investing in a diversified portfolio of U.S. REITs and other real estate securities

Learn more

Real Estate Opportunities

Diversified U.S. REIT portfolio with opportunistic allocations to real estate debt and preferred securities, REITs, international real estate securities and options

Learn more

Insights by Jon Cheigh

REITs: Answering the call for DC plan diversification

March 2022 | 28 mins

For fiduciaries looking to enhance diversification in defined contribution plans, we believe REITs can be a simple and effective addition to investment lineups.

Three strategies for building inflation-resilient portfolios

April 2021 | 1 min

Extraordinary policy measures may be tilting inflation risks to the upside, reinforcing the need for diversifying assets that tend to respond well to unexpected inflation.

View more

EXPLORE MORE

Our people

Our people are our most valued asset

Diversity and inclusion

Always looking forward