This week's People of Note includes the following markets: Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Milwaukee/Madison, New York City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, South Florida, Washington, DC. LOS ANGELES Cockrum Joins Lowe Enterprises Investors as SVP By Laurie Forbes Lowe Enterprises Investors hired William M. Cockrum IV as senior vice president to head the company’s marketing and capital raising efforts. He will be based in th

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A two-week period of exclusive negotiations between Grubb & Ellis Co. and New York-based financial brokerage BGC Partners expired Tuesday without an agreement, according to a document filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Under the previous agreement, Grubb & Ellis provided an exclusive right to negotiate for BGC Partners, headed by chief executive Howard Ludnick, to pursue a debt or equity financing agreement or acquisition of...

The nation's two largest public pension funds had trouble pulling in returns in 2011. Thankfully, though, real estate wasn't the culprit. The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) earned a small, but positive 1.1% return for the 12-month period ended Dec. 31, 2011. According to CalPERS investment staff, the fund experienced a 7.9% loss in its public equity asset classes due to the high volatility of global equity markets in...