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The PERE Investor Forum: Tokyo Virtual Experience on 17 September 2020 reinvigorated fundraising activities by connecting with regional leaders and global senior decision-makers in testing times.
The Forum is Japan’s #1 real estate meeting place and the final Forum at PERE’s industry-leading Japan Korea Week. The 5-day Japan Korea Week virtual experience allows you to arrange unlimited 1-to-1 video meetings around your schedule with the region’s leading institutional investors.
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Explore the premium content, including trending discussion topics such as:
- How to fundraise from the giant, medium and small Japanese LPs
- Opportunities in the global and Japanese markets
- Japanese LPs’ strategies and appetite
- Emerging trends: Integrated resort, the role of ESG
- What’s more for your portfolio: Architect, design and service management perspectives
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See below the 2020 agenda. For any enquiries on the 2021 programme, please contact Andrew Wolff on at andrew.w@peimedia.com
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Agenda
Day 1 - Wednesday 16th
Wednesday, 16 September 2020
18:00 - 20:00
VIP cocktail for sponsors and investors (by invitation only, TBC)
Agenda
Day 2 - Thursday 17th
Thursday, 17 September 2020
08:30 - 08:50
Registration and networking
08:50 - 09:05
PERE welcome
09:05 - 09:50
Keynote Panel: Putting Japanese capital to work in global markets
- How can Japanese investors get more comfortable about actively participating in the
global real estate markets? - Investing in EU vs. UK in the post Brexit world
- The US: is it one market or many? How should Japanese investors look at it?
09:50 - 10:20
Keynote Presentation
10:20 - 11:05
Panel: Real Estate opportunities beyond core sectors
- Understanding mid-market investing opportunities
- Value add and Opportunistic funds, should Japanese investors be taking a closer
look?
11:05 - 11:35
Networking coffee break
11:35 - 12:05
Presentation: Economic trends in the US
12:05 - 12:50
Panel: Current investing trends in the Japanese market
- Japan Post-Olympics – What are the most important themes for investors?
- How has the coronavirus impacted the market?
- Why are investors increasingly interested in the residential sector?
12:50 - 13:50
Networking lunch
13:50 - 14:30
Panel: Real estate debt
- Debt vs Equity – for the Japanese investor, what is best now and why?
- Debt opportunities – USA vs EUR vs Japan vs elsewhere such as Australia
- Senior vs. Mezzanine – for the Japanese investor, what are the pros and cons?
14:30 - 15:10
Panel: Integrated resorts, hospitality and the impact of Covid-19
- Assessing the impact of Covid-19 in Japan on the industry
- Perspectives and lessons learned from international and domestic investors
- Distressed opportunities for investing in the sector
15:10 - 15:30
Networking coffee break
15:30 - 16:10
Panel: Investing in sector specific vs diversified funds
- Understanding the pros and cons to investing sector specific vs diversified funds
- Japanese LPs have shied away from sector specific funds, why should they reconsider them?
- Overview of sector specific funds such as in residential and logistic sectors
16:10 - 16:40
Country Case Study: India
16:40 - 17:30
Panel: What do Japanese LPs want? The secrets to relationship building in Japan
- How do more experienced LPs evaluate their RE portfolio of investments so far?
- What is preventing other LPs from deploying into the market?
- LP Scorecard: How do LPs assess their current relationships with GPs so far?
17:30 - 18:30
Close of conference & cocktail reception
For enquiries on speaking at the PERE Investor Forum: Tokyo 2020 conference, please contact Andrew Wolff at andrew.w@peimedia.com.
Mitsuhiro Arakawa
Executive Consultant, Russell Investments Japan
Mitsuhiro Arakawa is Executive Consultant, Consulting Dept. for Russell Investments Japan. He joined Russell in January 2007. Prior to joining Russell, he held positions at Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd. (DIR) as Chief Consultant in Pension Investm… Read full bio
Kevin Colket
Founder and CEO, GHIG
Kevin Colket is the Founder and CEO of the Global Hospitality Investment Group (GHIG), a real estate private equity firm incorporated in January 2019. GHIG invests in distressed and under-valued hotels (single assets, portfolios, and operating compan… Read full bio
Matt Dimond
Managing Director, Global Head of Business Development, Mayfair Capital
Matt joined Mayfair Capital in May 2018 as Managing Director, Global Head of Business Development. Matt’s primary responsibility is to expand the array of global capital sources investing in European real estate managed by Mayfair Capital and the bro… Read full bio
Ari Druker
Director, Loan Origination - Real Estate, Investment Banking Coverage, Deutsche Securities
Ari is a member of the Structured Products Origination team within the Corporate Finance group. Ari specializes in originating real estate and private equity related financing opportunities. Previously, Ari held senior positions at Tokyo Star Bank an… Read full bio
Tetsuya Fujita
Country Manager and Managing Director, CBRE Global Investors Japan
Mr. Fujita has over 30 years of experience in real estate industry. He started his career at Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. Ltd. with which he spent 5 years for residential condo development in Japan and over 13 years in U.S. to oversee Sumito… Read full bio
Shai Greenberg
Senior Vice President, Genkai Capital Management
Shai heads the International Business group at GENKAI Capital Management- a Japanese Asset Management Firm where he is leading the global investment strategy and international fund-raising activities. Shai started his real estate career at a New York… Read full bio
Charles Haase
Managing Director, Aetos Japan
Mr. Haase is a Managing Director of Aetos Japan, LLC, and is responsible for investor relationship management globally. Prior to joining Aetos Japan in 2018, Mr. Haase served as a General Manager in the U.S. Planning Group with Tokyu Land Corporation… Read full bio
James Haines
General Manager and Head of Global Real Estate Structured Debt, Aozora Bank
J.J. Haines is the Head of Global Real Estate Structured Debt at Aozora Bank. He is responsible for the bank’s ex-Japan real estate lending activity, which focuses on developed markets such as the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia.… Read full bio
Barry Hirschfeld
President and Chief Executive Officer, Asia Investment Partners (AIP)
Barry Hirschfeld co-founded Asia Investment Partners in the fall of 1998 and currently serves as its President & CEO. Mr. Hirschfeld brings with him over two decades of experience in the Japanese real estate private equity market including leadin… Read full bio
Akihisa Hoshino
Deputy General Manager, Investment Management Department, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank
Akihisa Hoshino joined the Mitsui Trust and Banking Company, Limited (current "Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited") in 1992. Since 2005, he has been a fund manager in the pension fund management department and in charge of investing entrusted money… Read full bio
Toyokazu Imazeki
Chief Analyst, Sanko Estate
Dr. Imazeki is the chief analyst of Sanko Estate as well as the representative director of Commercial Property Research Institute. Based in Tokyo, Dr. Imazeki analyzes major office markets across Japan for over 20 years and publishes their market rep… Read full bio
Takeshi Ito
Senior Investment Officer & Chief Operation Officer, AISIN Employees' Pension Fund
Takeshi Ito is the Senior Investment Officer of AISIN Employees' Pension Fund. Ito has been supervising the investment and management of the pension’s funds since 1998 when he joined Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. Ito started his career at Nomura Investment M… Read full bio
Laurent Jacquemin
Head of Asia-Pacific, Real Assets, AXA IM – Real Assets
Laurent is currently Head of Asia-Pacific at AXA IM – Real Assets. He is responsible for all operations in the Asia-Pacific region, including overseeing investment, asset management and capital raising activities from the offices in Japan, South Kore… Read full bio
Harumi Kadono
Head of Fund Management Department and Managing Director, IDERA Capital Management
Harumi Kadono has over 15 years of experiences in real estate investment and finance. Ms. Kadono oversees all of IDERA's fund management activities, including investment strategy development, capital raising and investor reporting. She joined APJ in… Read full bio
Shinji Kawano
Head of Overseas Property Investment, Tokio Marine Asset Management
Shinji Kawano is a Head of Overseas Property Investment in Tokio Marine Asset Management. Prior to assuming the current post in 2012, Shinji held various senior positions in fund management, asset management, business development or market research i… Read full bio
Arshiya Khullar
Senior Reporter, PERE
Arshiya Khullar is a senior reporter for PERE. Based in New York, Arshiya covers news and trends in the private real estate markets across the Americas. Arshiya moved to the US in 2019, after spending five years leading PERE’s Asia-Pacific news cover… Read full bio
Daisuke Kitta
Head of Real Estate Japan, The Blackstone Group Japan K.K.
Daisuke Kitta is the Head of Blackstone Japan, Head of Real Estate Japan and is a Senior Managing Director at Blackstone based in Tokyo. Mr Kitta is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Real Estate group’s investment activities in Japan a… Read full bio
Kunihiko Okumura
Head of Acquisitions - Japan, LaSalle Investment Management
Kunihiko ‘’Nick’’ Okumura is Head of Acquisitions and Asset Management in Japan and is responsible for managing the Acquisitions and Asset Management Team in Tokyo, sourcing opportunities for various mandates and overseeing the investment and asset m… Read full bio
Naoko Saito
Senior Vice President, Leasing, Prologis
Naoko Saito, Senior Vice President, heads the leasing team in Japan managing all leases in the operating portfolio. Until June 2018, Naoko managed the Strategic Planning & Investment team charged with disposition/acquisition activities as well as… Read full bio
Yasuyuki Sanami
Chief Operating Officer, Diamond Realty Management
Yasuyuki Sanami serves as Chief Operating Officer and Board Member of Diamond Realty Management Inc(DREAM), a private equity real estate platform established by Mitsubishi Corporation. He is responsible for business development, fund management and c… Read full bio
Martin Schulz
Chief Policy Economist, Fujitsu Ltd
Martin is Chief Policy Economist in the Strategy Planning Division of Fujitsu Ltd, Japan’s leading ICT services company. His work focuses on the economics of technology, corporate strategy, market analytics and economic policy. He is widely quoted in… Read full bio
Kiyosei Sugioka
Head of Alternative Investments, ORIX Life Insurance Corporation
Kiyosei Sugioka is a Head of Alternative Investments in ORIX Life Insurance Corporation, covering Private Equity, Infrastructure and Real Estate. Prior to joining ORIX Life in 2019, he was in Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) where he served… Read full bio
Shusaku Watanabe
Managing Director, Head of Japan Real Estate, Nuveen Real Estate
Shu is Managing Director, Head of Japan Real Estate at Nuveen Real Estate who is responsible for and leads all direct real estate investments in Japan. Shu joined the Nuveen in 2016 completing Nuveen's first, debut investment in Japan investing in Gi… Read full bio
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