Key Takeaways
- • Delancey appoints Emma Murray as director of capital strategies, a newly created role focused on debt and equity capital strategies, business development, and institutional relationship management as the firm expands its real estate investment platform.
- • Murray brings 11+ years of European real estate experience and a track record of raising £2.1 billion across investment strategies during her tenure at Fiera Real Estate (2015–2026), where she served as director of business development and capital raising.
- • Delancey has accelerated capital strategy expansion through recent strategic milestones including the launch of lending vehicle AlbionArc Capital, a £1 billion ($1.4 billion) partnership with Australian superannuation fund Aware Super for U.K. commercial property investment, and a real estate lending partnership with Cynergy Bank.
- • Murray's appointment signals Delancey's institutional pivot toward managing separately managed accounts and new mandates alongside existing debt and equity portfolios, indicating positioning for sustained capital raising in U.K. real estate.
Summary
Delancey, the London-based real estate investment and asset manager, has appointed Emma Murray to the newly created position of director of capital strategies, effective May 2026. The appointment underscores the firm's strategic expansion of its debt and equity capital platforms at a time of accelerating institutional capital deployment in U.K. real estate markets.
In her role, Murray will oversee business development and institutional relationship management across Delancey's capital strategies, supporting existing investment mandates, new fund launches, and separately managed accounts. The position reflects the firm's deliberate shift toward scaling its capital-raising infrastructure to support both debt and equity strategies simultaneously—a structural change designed to unlock new institutional partnerships and manage growing asset bases.
Murray joins from Fiera Real Estate, where she spent 11 years (2015–2026) as director of business development and capital raising. During her tenure at Fiera, she raised £2.1 billion across multiple investment strategies, demonstrating institutional capital-raising capability at scale. Her track record positions her to accelerate Delancey's fundraising agenda across its expanding platform.
Delancey's expansion comes on the heels of significant strategic capital commitments. The firm launched AlbionArc Capital, a dedicated real estate lending vehicle, and secured a £1 billion ($1.4 billion) strategic partnership with Australian superannuation fund Aware Super to deploy capital into U.K. commercial real estate. Additionally, Delancey established a real estate lending partnership with Cynergy Bank, broadening its credit capability. These initiatives, coupled with a growing equity mandate from a U.K. pension fund, signal institutional confidence in Delancey's investment thesis and operational capacity. Murray's appointment to capital strategies leadership positions the firm to manage this expanded mandate flow and pursue additional institutional relationships in an increasingly competitive fundraising environment.
In her role, Murray will oversee business development and institutional relationship management across Delancey's capital strategies, supporting existing investment mandates, new fund launches, and separately managed accounts. The position reflects the firm's deliberate shift toward scaling its capital-raising infrastructure to support both debt and equity strategies simultaneously—a structural change designed to unlock new institutional partnerships and manage growing asset bases.
Murray joins from Fiera Real Estate, where she spent 11 years (2015–2026) as director of business development and capital raising. During her tenure at Fiera, she raised £2.1 billion across multiple investment strategies, demonstrating institutional capital-raising capability at scale. Her track record positions her to accelerate Delancey's fundraising agenda across its expanding platform.
Delancey's expansion comes on the heels of significant strategic capital commitments. The firm launched AlbionArc Capital, a dedicated real estate lending vehicle, and secured a £1 billion ($1.4 billion) strategic partnership with Australian superannuation fund Aware Super to deploy capital into U.K. commercial real estate. Additionally, Delancey established a real estate lending partnership with Cynergy Bank, broadening its credit capability. These initiatives, coupled with a growing equity mandate from a U.K. pension fund, signal institutional confidence in Delancey's investment thesis and operational capacity. Murray's appointment to capital strategies leadership positions the firm to manage this expanded mandate flow and pursue additional institutional relationships in an increasingly competitive fundraising environment.
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