Abigail Shapiro
Senior Vice President, European Office, Retail & Life Sciences - Oxford Properties Group
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The 16th annual PERE Europe Forum on 21-22 September will be held in-person at No. 11 Cavendish Square, London and virtually through our interactive platform.
The full-day content will analyze the needs of European investors and create high-yield opportunities in the region.
Discuss pandemic recovery strategies, economic repercussions of Brexit, and strategies to adapt to current markets across the continent.
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Testimonials
Kevin Colket
Founder and CEO, Global Hospitality Investment Group
PERE goes out of their way to bring GPs, LPs and other people from the industry together, to not only discuss ideas, but even discuss new deals.
Joanne McNamara
Head of Investments - Europe, Oxford Properties
A very informative and enjoyable conference with great attendees and speakers.
Simon Mallinson
Executive Managing Director, Real Capital Analytics
PERE offers a great opportunity to network with senior industry professionals. Fantastic two days.
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Our speakers
Tony Brown
Global Head of Real Estate, M&G Real Estate
Tony became Head of M&G Real Estate in April 2018 after four years as Chief Investment Officer. He has 30 years’ real estate investment experience across the UK, Continental Europe, North America and Asia. Prior to joining M&G Real Estate in… Read full bio
Guillaume Cassou
Partner - Head of European Real Estate, KKR
Guillaume Cassou (London) joined KKR in 2012 and is responsible for the European Real Estate team. Prior to KKR, Mr. Cassou was an executive director at Goldman Sachs real estate principal investment area in London since 2007 focusing on real estate… Read full bio
Robert-Jan Foortse
Head of European Property Investments, APG Asset Management
Robert-Jan Foortse is the Head of European Property Investments at APG. Robert-Jan joined APG (then ABP) in December 2002. From 2003-2007 he was responsible for all ABP’s real estate investments in the Asia/Pacific region, both listed as well as non-… Read full bio
Nicola Free
Managing Director, Head of Real Estate Finance EMEA, HSBC Bank
Nicola is Head of Real Estate Finance for EMEA with responsibility for driving the real estate lending strategy with teams in London, Paris, Dusseldorf and Dubai. Nicola joined HSBC in 2018 and has over 20 years’ experience in the industry gained in… Read full bio
Roland Fuchs
Head of European Debt, Allianz Real Estate
Roland Fuchs is the Head of European Real Estate Finance, and a member of the Executive Committee at Allianz Real Estate. He is also the Co-Fund Manager of the European debt fund PAREC and a voting member on the Debt Investment Committee. Roland has… Read full bio
Karim Habra
Head of Europe & Asia-Pacific, Ivanhoe Cambridge
Karim Habra is Head of Europe and Asia-Pacific of Ivanhoé Cambridge, the real estate subsidiary of Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, one of the largest institutional fund managers in the world, holding $60.4B in real estate assets. In this resp… Read full bio
Brad Hyler
Managing Partner and Head of European Real Estate, Brookfield
Brad Hyler is a Managing Partner in Brookfield’s Real Estate Group and Head of Real Estate in Europe. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing all real estate activities in the region, including investments, portfolio management and new fund fo… Read full bio
Roxana Isaiu
Chief Sustainability Officer , GRESB
Roxana Isaiu is Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) for GRESB. She is responsible for the strategy, management and delivery of GRESB products. She is overseeing the ESG & Benchmarks Pillar, consisting of the Real Estate and Infrastructure teams of… Read full bio
Wilson Lamont
Partner, Co-Head, European Real Estate Equity - Ares Management
Mr. Lamont is a Partner and Co-Head of European Real Estate Equity in the Ares Real Estate Group. Additionally, Mr. Lamont is a member of the Ares Real Estate Group's Global Investment Committee. Prior to joining Ares in 2013, Mr. Lamont was a Partne… Read full bio
Laia Massague
Principal, StepStone Group
Ms. Massague is a member of the real estate team. Prior to StepStone, Ms. Massague worked with the real estate finance fund at GAM International where she was responsible for the conception, structure and execution of real estate investments across t… Read full bio
Daniel McHugh
Chief Investment Officer, Aviva Investors Real Assets
Daniel is responsible for the strategy and growth of Aviva Investors’ integrated Real Assets business, encompassing Real Estate, Infrastructure and Private Debt. He oversees around 300 professionals working across fund management, asset management, d… Read full bio
Anuj Mittal
Head of Europe Real Estate, Angelo Gordon
Anuj Mittal is Head of Europe Real Estate, focusing on real estate opportunities in the United Kingdom and Europe. Anuj has been directly responsible for, or overseen, in excess of $5 billion of real estate assets at the firm. Prior to re-joining Ang… Read full bio
Federico Montero
Managing Director, Evercore
Federico Montero is a Managing Director and the Head of Evercore's European Real Estate Portfolio Solutions team, based in London. Federico has more than 20 years’ experience leading commercial real estate and loan portfolio across Europe, the Americ… Read full bio
Christina Ofschonka
Managing Director, Senior Fund Manager, AEW
Christina Ofschonka is Managing Director and Head of Core Funds at AEW, based in Frankfurt. Christina has overall responsibility for the management of AEW’s Pan-European core funds, including oversight of fund strategy, portfolio construction and cli… Read full bio
Andrea Orlandi
Managing Director and Head of Real Estate Investments - Europe, CPPIB
Andrea is a Managing Director and Head of Real Estate Investments – Europe at CPPIB. In this role Andrea is responsible for the European real estate investment program, oversees the Indian real estate program and is part of the real estate senior lea… Read full bio
Bill Page
Head of Real Estate Markets Research, LGIM
Bill is LGIM Real Assets’ Head of Real Estate Markets Research. He has responsibility for the formation of house views and inputs into fund strategy. He has 20 years’ industry experience. He is a voting member of the real estate Investment Committee… Read full bio
Kari Pitkin
Head of Business Development for Europe, Allianz Real Estate
Kari Pitkin, based in London, joined Allianz Real Estate as Head of Business Development for Europe. Prior to joining Allianz in June 2019, Kari worked for Bank of America Merrill Lynch where she held the position of Head of EMEA Real Estate & Lo… Read full bio
Abigail Shapiro
Senior Vice President, European Office, Retail & Life Sciences - Oxford Properties Group
Abby currently leads Oxford’s European office, retail and life sciences businesses, which have a current AUM of ~C$5bn and is accountable for these businesses’ strategy, capital deployment / acquisitions, strategic asset management, platform set up a… Read full bio
Michael Shields
EMEA Head of Real Estate, ING
Michael Shields joined ING in May 2004 and has 25-year experience in real estate lending, asset management and restructuring. Based in London, he is currently responsible for ING REF’s EMEA lending platform – lending assets totaling over EUR 12Bio. H… Read full bio
Neil Slater
Global Head of Real Estate and Deputy Head of Private Markets, Aberdeen Standard Investments
Neil Slater is the Global Head of Real Estate & Deputy Head of Private Markets at Aberdeen Standard Investment. Neil joined Aberdeen Standard Investments (“ASI”) in August 2011, leading a multidisciplinary team responsible for product/fund struct… Read full bio
Adam Smallman
Director – Membership Programs, PEI Media Group
Adam joined PEI in December 2018 in a new role as Head of Content Strategy. Previously he spent three years with investment bank Liberum and held leading editorial and content roles at Dow Jones and Informa PLC. His responsibility is to ensure PEI’s… Read full bio
Pontus Sundin
CEO, Brunswick Real Estate Capital Advisory AB
Pontus Sundin has extensive experience from both real estate investments and real estate financing. Prior to Brunswick Real Estate, Pontus worked with financing at Helaba as Chief Representative in the Nordics. Prior to that, Pontus held various posi… Read full bio
Paul Tebbit
Managing Director , Blackrock
Paul Tebbit, Managing Director, is the Portfolio Manager for the BlackRock UK Property Fund and is responsible for fund strategy, portfolio management and performance of the Fund. Paul has deep investment and transactional experience and in the past… Read full bio
Elisabeth Troni
Global Portfolio Strategist, CBRE Global Investors
Elisabeth Troni is the Fund Manager of the Global Alpha Fund within the Global Indirect Real Estate Strategies team. Based in London, Liz is responsible for performance and strategy of the Fund working in close collaboration with the CIO of Global Re… Read full bio
Sophie Van Oosterom
Global Head of Real Estate, Schroders
Sophie van Oosterom is Global Head of Real Estate at Schroders Capital, where she has responsibility for leading the growth strategy of the business and ultimately delivering investment performance to clients. She chairs the real estate management co… Read full bio
Stéphane Villemain
Vice President - Corporate Social Responsibility, Ivanhoé Cambridge
Stéphane Villemain is responsible for leading our corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainable investment strategies along with our main business groups and units. He establishes a working structure and oversees sustainability initiatives fo… Read full bio
Charles Walford
Senior Development Director and Head of Life Sciences, Stanhope
Charles is a Director at Stanhope. Since joining in 1989, he has developed a specialism in the ‘front end’ of the development process including identification and securing new opportunities, managing all aspects of pre-development including planning… Read full bio
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Kevin Colket
Founder and CEO, Global Hospitality Investment Group
PERE goes out of their way to bring GPs, LPs and other people from the industry together, to not only discuss ideas, but even discuss new deals.
Joanne McNamara
Head of Investments - Europe, Oxford Properties
A very informative and enjoyable conference with great attendees and speakers.
Simon Mallinson
Executive Managing Director, Real Capital Analytics
PERE offers a great opportunity to network with senior industry professionals. Fantastic two days.
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By attending the Europe Forum you will join real estate’s most influential global network. Membership will give you:
- Access to the Europe Forum
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- Access to the investor directory
- Frequent virtual and in-person networking opportunities
- And much more …
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Download the agenda to see the trends shaping European investor allocation strategies and markets across the region. These topics will shape the discussions at the PERE Europe Forum 2021.
Have a topic that you would like to discuss on the agenda? Contact Boris Petrovic today.
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Agenda
Day 1 - Tuesday 21st
Plenary
08:50 - 09:00
PERE welcome
Adam Smallman
09:00 - 09:30
Welcome & chair’s opening remarks
LP insights
09:30 - 10:30
Institutional investor panel: constructing a long-term investment strategy suited for the new economy
Robert-Jan Foortse ,
Karim Habra,
Andrea Orlandi
Session 1
As investors look out to a low interest rate, low growth environment for the foreseeable future and traditional investment sectors such as offices and retail, that have typically formed the biggest component of their portfolios, facing an uncertain future, we hear from some of Europe’s leading LPs on how they are looking to adjust their allocations and fundamental investment approach to position themselves to hit return hurdles in the coming decade.
10:30 - 11:00
Networking break
Session 2
11:00 - 11:30
Keynote TBC
Deploying capital in the coming decade
11:30 - 12:30
Hitting a moving target: building a core portfolio fit for the coming decade
Tony Brown ,
Kari Pitkin,
Paul Tebbit,
Elisabeth Troni
Session 3
The definition of what constitutes core investments is a now more than ever a moving target. As the traditional investment sectors such as offices and retail facing a shrinking demand outlook, in this session we will explore how fund managers are looking to create strategies that are aligned with long-term demand, consumer behaviour and demographics. We’ll also discuss the challenges of deploying capital and repositioning portfolios with so much dry powder in the market chasing the same deals.
12:30 - 13:15
Lunch
Equity Stream: Building a portfolio suited for the new economy
13:15 - 14:00
Industrial, logistics and last mile in Europe: how to future-proof your assets?
Session 4A
Logistics is at the cutting edge of technology. This brings benefits in efficiency but also makes the sector vulnerable to disruption from some of the most transformative innovations taking place such as the electric and autonomous vehicles revolution, as well as the growing demand for green facilities which consider employee welfare.
In this session we’ll ask how logistics investors and operators can ensure their sheds are future proofed. We’ll discuss which trends should concern logistics investors, how assets can be made smarter and greener, and what can be done to enhance the yield and value of assets right now.
14:00 - 14:45
Hotelization of the office: creating working spaces that attract the next generation of tenants
Guillaume Cassou,
Sophie Van Oosterom
Session 5A
Offices were one of the most impacted assets during the pandemic. Going forward, the consensus is that aggregate office demand will fall as flexible working becomes the new norm, while there will be a ‘flight to quality’ for the very best assets. Adding further complexity, the next generation of tenants are also calling for flexible, shorter, and in some cases, turnover-based leases in buildings that are smart, sustinable and amenity-rich. A lot to balance if you want to own and operate offices.
In this session we explore the office market across Europe, how to operationalise new leasing models and build premium, best-in-class assets where employers and employees simply want to be.
14:45 - 15:15
Networking break
15:15 - 16:00
Building a residential portfolio: exploring the outlook for the living space market across Europe
Christina Ofschonka
Session 6A
Capital is flowing into residential and its sub-asset classes of student housing, senior living, co-living and Build to Let. However, the supply of these opportunities is limited, entry requires taking on significant development risk, they are resource intensive, and carry a range of operational risks typically unfamiliar to real estate investors.
In this session we take a pan-European lens and discuss the art of building and operating a residential platform. We’ll explore how to deploy at scale, what the common operational challenges are, how to find the right partners and foster in-house expertise, and discuss the approaches being taken to create a long-term, robust resi investment strategy.
16:00 - 17:00
Breakout roundtables: accessing opportunities in the new frontiers of residential investment
Session 7A: Breakout roundtables
- Affordable housing
- Senior living
- Build to let
- Student accommodation
Debt and Finance Stream: Financing real estate for the next decade
13:15 - 14:00
Landscape of the European real estate debt & finance market
Laia Massague,
Michael Shields
Session 4B
In this session we dive into the outlook for the real estate finance and debt market in Europe and look to understand how alternative and traditional lenders are refining their strategies.
The panel will touch on what can be expected with the end of government support schemes, where alternative lenders are seeing opportunities emerging and how to overcome challenges in underwriting alternative asset classes such as life sciences, data centres and residential, among other topical questions.
14:00 - 14:45
Outlook on banks’ lending strategies and the impact on alternative lenders
Nicola Free
Session 5B
Banks have historically set the market for the relatively new alternative lenders in terms of the scope of opportunities. In this session we look to analyse how banks’ strategies are likely to evolve in the aftermath of the pandemic, what the likely impact of new regulations will be in banks’ real estate activities, and what this all means for the alternative financing market.
14:45 - 15:15
Networking break
15:15 - 16:00
Getting to grips with financing the repurposing of assets
Session 6B
As fund managers look to reconstruct their portfolios to fit the new economy and with so much capital held in retail and offices, we explore how financiers can best engage with projects converting obsolete assets to higher-value-use properties, discussing what the key risks to consider are when assessing repurposing deals and how much opportunity will emerge in the coming years.
16:00 - 17:00
Green & sustainable finance: how are real estate lenders moving the needle on social and environmental goals?
Roland Fuchs,
Pontus Sundin
Session 7B
ESG has been brought to the forefront of issues as investors and managers alike look to move beyond a box ticking exercise. Here we explore the latest efforts by lenders to incorporate ESG considerations into their business practices and deals. We’ll explore how sustainability-linked loans work currently and what they should be evolving to, the best way to integrate social goals, as well as debating how significant an impact the financing community can have in transforming the real estate market’s environmental and social performance at scale.
Plenary
17:00 - 17:15
Chair’s Day one closing remarks
Agenda
Day 2 - Wednesday 22nd
Plenary
09:15 - 09:30
Welcome to day two & chair’s opening remarks
Sustainability and impact in real estate
09:30 - 10:15
How to get ahead in the race to achieving a net-zero real estate portfolio?
Roxana Isaiu,
Daniel McHugh,
Stéphane Villemain
Session 8
The pandemic has undoubtedly brought sustainability to the forefront of issues moving forward. Focusing on real estate’s contribution to climate change mitigation, here we bring you a panel of leading funds and investors to discuss how to credibly achieve net-zero in private real estate portfolios.
The session will explore how to formulate a strategy that makes a net-zero commitment into a reality, what constitutes a genuine progressive effort, how to ensure your strategy is not just a PR front, and the risks associated with inaction on the valuation of assets.
10:15 - 11:00
How can private real estate create a social impact?
Session 9
Tackling the ‘S’ in ESG is one of the most difficult pieces of the puzzle when it comes to the sustainability agenda in real estate. Here we explore how leading funds can go about achieving social performance, what form their impact strategies are taking, what does ‘good’ look like and the wider role of private capital in creating solutions to Europe’s affordable housing shortage, among other issues.
11:00 - 12:00
Networking break
Accessing alternative sectors
12:00 - 13:00
From niche to mainstream: which alternative sectors will become institutionalised?
Brad Hyler,
Bill Page
Session 10
Investors are looking at niche sectors in the conquest to find attractive investment opportunities. Accessing these alternative sectors poses a range of operational challenges in requiring specialist expertise and/or partners to be executed effectively. Here, our speakers will discuss how to effectively take on operational risk, gain critical mass in alternative markets, and strike the optimal balance between operational excellence and the added cost incurred.
13:00 - 13:45
Life sciences: how to best align to the end user and build a life sciences platform
Abigail Shapiro,
Charles Walford
Session 11
The pandemic has propelled life sciences to the forefront of investors’ attention, but even prior to covid-19 the sector was already gaining traction. The market is still relatively small and tricky to invest and operate in. The availability of built stock is limited, opportunities need to be carefully vetted, and properties must be located within research-hub ecosystems to make them viable. Our panel of experts to help you digest what a good opportunity in the sector looks like, how to meet the needs of its unique tenant base and how to shape a strategy in building a life sciences platform.
13:45 - 14:15
Breakout roundtables – investing in alternative sectors across Europe
Session 12: Breakout roundtables
- Data centres
- Self-storage
- Hostels
Plenary
14:30 - 14:45
Chair’s closing remarks
14:45 - 14:45