‘As an INREV DDQ committee member, I am delighted to have provided input to the INREV DDQ Guidance notes. As a manager, the guidance notes provide a clear, essential guide to the completion of all stages of the INREV DDQ thus allowing managers to provide and investors to review consistent and comprehensive responses. I’m pleased to acknowledge the enhanced consistency for investors and increasing efficiency for managers which the Guidance notes provide.’
‘The INREV Due Diligence Questionnaire (DDQ) with supporting materials forms a framework that allows investors to do a consistent analysis on investment opportunities within a limited time. To encourage the standardisation of due diligence in non-listed real estate vehicles, the Due Diligence Committee continually reviews the DDQ and has recently released Guidance Notes for the enhanced and consistent completion of the DDQ’
‘The DDQ is a useful tool that offers a phased approach for tailoring the type of questions to the relevant stage of due diligence but then investors have to do their homework to make sure their partner is aligned with their objectives.’ And strong relationships are even more important during uncertain financial climates, with more detailed information becoming a key priority’
‘In the current environment, investors will want to know about risk management and affordability, how managers factor in ESG and DEI, even cybersecurity. Managers should be ahead of these questions and be able to show how they’ve prepared for the future.’
