Chuck Fiedler joined Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management as a director and head of strategy and business development, said company spokeswoman Maria Gonzalez.
The position is new. Mr. Fiedler will be responsible for overseeing existing liquid real assets strategies as well as developing new ones on a global basis. He will be based in Chicago and report to John Robertson, managing director and global head of liquid real assets.
DeAWM's liquid real assets platform comprises listed real estate, listed infrastructure and commodities strategies totaling nearly $30 billion in assets under management as of June 30.
Mr. Fiedler was a vice president on Heitman's client service and marketing team, said Margot Olcay, a spokeswoman for Heitman. She did not know by press time whether he had been replaced.