AEW Capital Management, L.P. (“AEW”) was founded in 1981. AEW provides investment advisory and
related services focused on creating and implementing real estate related investment and asset
management strategies.
AEW is a Delaware limited partnership. AEW’s offices include its headquarters in Boston and offices in
Los Angeles, Denver, London, Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Japan, Seoul, Korea and Sydney, Australia.
AEW is an autonomous, subsidiary of Natixis Investment Managers, LLC, which, following a modification
in corporate structure that took place in January 2024, is a direct subsidiary of Natixis Investment
Managers (“Natixis IM”), an international asset management group based in Paris, France, that is part of
the Global Financial Services division of Groupe BPCE. Natixis IM is wholly owned by Natixis, a French
investment banking and financial services firm. Natixis is wholly owned by BPCE, France’s second largest
banking group. The modification in corporate structure mentioned above was the merger of Natixis
Investment Managers, LLC into Natixis Investment Managers U.S. Holdings, LLC and the subsequent
name change of the holding company to "Natixis Investment Managers, LLC." The internal
reorganization did not change the ultimate parent of AEW or the identity and responsibilities of, or
services provided by, either AEW's or Natixis Investment Managers, LLC's personnel.
Types of Services
AEW offers investment advisory services relating to direct and indirect investments in real estate and
real estate related securities. Such investments generally can include, without limitation, the
acquisition, management and disposition of the following types of direct and/or indirect interests in real
estate and real estate-related debt: (1) fee ownership; (2) partnership interests in real estate related
partnerships, membership interests in limited liability companies that own real estate or other similar
interests in other real estate related entities; (3) preferred equity or mezzanine interests in real estate
related entities; (4) loans secured by interests in real property, including whole loans, participating
loans, mezzanine loans, fixed or floating rate or shared appreciation loans; (5) real estate related
securities, including publicly traded and privately traded securities of real estate investment trusts
(“REITs”), real estate operating companies and other entities directly or indirectly involved in the
acquisition, development, construction, ownership, management or disposition of real estate; (6)
mortgage backed securities; and (7) warrants, options and other instruments relating to entities directly
or indirectly involved in the acquisition, financing, development, construction, ownership, management
or disposition of real estate.
AEW offers a number of investment strategies. For clients seeking direct and indirect investments in
real estate and real estate-related debt in the North America and Asia Pacific regions, AEW offers core,
value-add, opportunistic and other customized strategies. For clients seeking to invest in publicly listed
securities, AEW offers global and regional strategies, including diversified, focus, absolute return,
income and other customized strategies.
AEW provides investment advisory services to clients through separately managed accounts, as well as
through privately offered commingled vehicles or funds sponsored by AEW. No investment is made for
a client account or commingled vehicle unless it is consistent with the investment objectives, guidelines
and restrictions of the client account or commingled vehicle. AEW also will, from time to time, act as an
adviser or sub-advisor to investment companies or as an investment manager to collective investment
trusts or UCITS funds.
Separately Managed Accounts
Discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services are provided by AEW through
separately managed account arrangements pursuant to advisory
contracts, which incorporate
investment guidelines and restrictions customizable to the particular account. Advisory contracts are
typically negotiated to meet the specific needs of the particular client.
Privately Offered Commingled Vehicles
AEW also provides investment advisory services through privately offered commingled vehicles or funds
sponsored by AEW or its subsidiaries. These vehicles are offered to qualified investors in reliance upon
an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and are not
registered as an investment companies under the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended
(the “Investment Company Act”), either because the vehicles do not meet the definition of “investment
company” or in reliance upon an exclusion from the definition of “investment company” provided in the
Investment Company Act. Investment guidelines and objectives for each of AEW’s commingled vehicles
are set forth in the private placement memorandum and the organizational documents for each vehicle.
CIT; UCITS
AEW also acts as an investment manager for other types of commingled vehicles including bank
maintained collective investment trusts established pursuant to IRS Revenue Ruling 81-100 (each, a
“CIT”) and commingled vehicles governed by the European regulatory framework UCITS (each, a “UCITS
Fund”). Investment guidelines and objectives for these vehicles are set forth in each vehicle’s
prospectus and related documents.
Model Portfolio Programs
In a model portfolio program, AEW provides a model portfolio to an affiliated or unaffiliated sponsor or
adviser that represents AEW’s recommendation as to the composition of a diversified portfolio of
securities that would be purchased and/or sold for the account of a hypothetical investor who wishes to
establish a portfolio of real estate related securities, having the characteristics agreed upon between
AEW and the sponsor. As such, the model portfolio could be similar in composition to an actively
managed separate account or commingled vehicle managed by AEW having similar characteristics, but
will not necessarily reflect the holdings of any particular client account. In a model portfolio program,
the sponsor is typically responsible for determining the appropriateness of an investment by its clients in
the model portfolio recommended by AEW and for determining whether and to what extent to
implement the investments recommended through the model portfolio for each of the sponsor’s
participating clients. Additionally, the program sponsor generally has primary responsibility for client
communications and generally provides its clients with comprehensive services, such as financial
consulting, portfolio accounting and brokerage, etc. The sponsor generally charges its client a
comprehensive bundled/wrap fee for such services. For its services, AEW receives an agreed-upon fee
that can, but will not necessarily, represent a portion of fees paid to the sponsor by program
participants.
Mutual Fund
AEW also acts as the investment manager to a real estate sector fund organized as a diversified
investment company, diversified across property type, region, leverage and holding. Investment
guidelines and objectives for the fund are set forth in the fund’s prospectus and related documents.
Client Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2023, the amount of client regulatory assets AEW manages on a discretionary basis
is $5,785,116,961 and AEW does not manage any regulatory assets on a non-discretionary basis.
Additionally, as of December 31, 2023, AEW manages $41,793,077,846 billion in assets for which AEW
provides (i) investment management services to a fund or other vehicle that is not primarily investing in
securities (e.g., real estate), (ii) non-discretionary investment advisory services (e.g., model portfolios) or
(iii) fund management services that do not include providing investment advice.