Products April 19, 2011

The Principal Launches Financial Education Campaign

The Principal Financial Group launched a financial education campaign designed to “help people put their financial pictures into clear focus and help make their dreams reality.”
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Dubbed the “Dream Again” campaign, The Principal designed the program to engage, educate, inspire and motivate Americans to take action. The site features a number of resources for advisers, businesses and individuals including:  

  • The Dreamcatcher – a social application that helps people visualize, organize and prioritize their dreams
  • Video tips and ideas from award-winning journalist and NBC Today Show financial editor Jean Chatzky
  • Inspirational case studies from business owners and individuals featuring their dreams for the future
  • Educational tools, articles and guidance from The Principal
  • Assistance finding an adviser

The announcement explained that the Dreamcatcher feature allows individuals to capture and collect images that express their financial goals and dreams, and then share their dreams on social sites with friends, family and advisers. Mary O’Keefe, senior vice president and chief marketing officer at The Principal, said the ultimate objective of the Dreamcatcher is to help foster discussions with financial professionals who can help individuals turn their dreams into concrete financial objectives, priorities and plans.

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The program is available at www.DreamAgain.com.

Deals & People April 19, 2011

New Global Head of Real Estate at BlackRock

BlackRock announced that Jack Chandler will join the company as Global Head of Real Estate.
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Chandler will oversee BlackRock’s global real estate capabilities, which extend across the capital market structure and include both equity and debt investment products totaling approximately $13 billion in assets under management. Clients served include public, corporate and union pension plans, as well as insurance companies, foundations, endowments, private and high net worth investors.

Chandler will report to Matthew Botein, Head of BlackRock Alternative Investors. At year-end, BlackRock Alternative Investors represented $109.7 billion of AUM and included the firm’s hedge funds, hedge funds of funds, real estate, private equity funds of funds, opportunistic investment vehicles, commodities and currencies.

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Most recently, Chandler served as Global Chief Investment Officer and Executive Chairman, Asia for LaSalle Investment Management. He first joined LaSalle in 1986, and in 2000, Chandler was relocated to Singapore to launch LaSalle’s Asia Pacific business. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering (Summa Cum Laude) from the University of Massachusetts in 1981 and an MBA from Harvard Graduate School of Business in 1986.

Chandler succeeds Paul Audet, Senior Managing Director, who assumed interim leadership for BlackRock’s Real Estate business in 2008.

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