Akihisa Hoshino
Associate General Manager, Alternative Funds Investment Department, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank
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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.
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- Emerging trends: Integrated resort, the role of ESG
- What’s more for your portfolio: Architect, design and service management perspectives
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Agenda
Agenda - Wednesday 16th
Wednesday, 16 September 2020
18:00 - 20:00
VIP cocktail for sponsors and investors (by invitation only, TBC)
Agenda
Agenda - 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.
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