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Once an ‘alternative’ allocation, property investing has arrived as a core component of institutional asset owner’s investment plan allocations. With emerging market volatility shocks and a retreat from risk based assets, tactical opportunities in the property sector are emerging whilst many more investors are going global in the search for new long term allocation ideas.

The third annual Investing in Property, Europe report brings together UK and continental European based pension plans, insurers, foundations and other institutional asset owners to examine emerging opportunities in property investing including strategies to diversify property investment holdings to achieve liability linked return objectives.

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SECTION 1

THE STATE OF THE INVESTMENT MARKET TODAY

1.1 INTERVIEW:
Now that property is re-emerging as a leading investment class, how should investors shift their thinking about it, and what past ideas should they be letting go of?

Interviewer:

  • Colin Browne, Publisher, Clear Path Analysis

Interviewee:

  • Paul Jayasingha, Senior Investment Consultant, Willis Towers Watson

1.2 INTERVIEW:
Looking to the future: should we expect a future of shocks, or a future of predictable returns?

Interviewer:

  • Colin Browne, Publisher, Clear Path Analysis

Interviewee:

  • Yusuf Samad, Principal - Fund Management, Pension Protection Fund

SECTION 2

FINDING HIGH-YIELD RETURNS IN A CHANGING MARKET

2.1 ROUND TABLE DEBATE:
Do tactical opportunities still exist in property or are the real returns exclusively a long-term play?

Moderator:

  • Colin Browne, Publisher, Clear Path Analysis

Panellists:

  • Tim Kesseler, Analyst Research and Indices, European Public Real Estate
  • Guido Verhoef, Head of Private Real Estate, PGGM

SECTION 3

THE RE-EMERGENCE OF THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OPPORTUNITY

3.1 ROUNDTABLE DEBATE:
What impact does the lack of supply, the emergence of alternative financing for individual buyers and high unit price costs have on UK and European residential investing?

Moderator:

  • Colin Browne, Publisher, Clear Path Analysis

Panellists:

  • Matthew Abbott, Principal, Real Estate Boutique, Mercer
  • Bailie Philip Braat, Chair, Strathclyde Pension Fund
  • Andrew Hills, Senior Director of Client Portfolio Management, Invesco Real Estate

3.2 WHITE PAPER:
The growing opportunity in the UK residential market

  • John German, Senior Director Residential Investments, Invesco Real Estate

3.3 INTERVIEW:
With the shift towards commercial property, what key risks and factors should investors weigh up?

Interviewer:

  • Colin Browne, Publisher, Clear Path Analysis

Interviewee:

  • Ingo Bofinger, Head of Real Estate Investment, Gothaer

SECTION 4

GLOBAL PROPERTY OPPORTUNITIES

4.1 INTERVIEW:
What are the benefits and risks in going global and is it worth making the move?

Interviewer:

  • Colin Browne, Publisher, Clear Path Analysis

Interviewee:

  • Philippe Desfossés, CEO, French Public Service Additional Pension Scheme Management Entity (ERAFP)

Tim Kesseler

Analyst Research and Indices, European Public Real Estate Association (EPRA)

Philippe Desfossés

CEO, Retraite Additionnelle Fonction Publique (ERAFP)

Paul Jayasingha

Senior Investment Consultant, Towers Watson

Ingo Bofinger

Head of Real Estate Investment, Gothaer Asset Management AG

Andrew Hills

Director - Client Portfolio Management, Invesco Real Estate

Guido Verhoef

Head of Private Real Estate, PGGM

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