This edition of the IQ is published just a couple of weeks after the INREV Young Professionals Seminar where we were joined by 150 of tomorrow’s leaders to look at the latest trends and hot topics under the theme of ‘Open for business: preparing for a post COVID world’ and you can read some of the key highlights in this edition. Read more
The three-hour seminar around the theme, ‘Open for Business: preparing for a post-COVID world’, took place on 1 July 2021, with many interesting areas covered and moderated by Catriona Allen from LaSalle Global Partner Solutions. Read more
This important new INREV research paper compares the performance characteristics of non-listed real estate in a mixed-asset portfolio as well as other real estate investment routes, in particular listed real estate and direct property, asking how they contribute to an investor’s overall strategy. The in-depth analysis marries academic rigour with practical insights for investors and investment managers. Read more
Guy Grainger, Global head of Sustainability Services, JLL shared his thoughts recently at the INREV Annual Conference, on ESG and what’s currently happening in the market, how to turn strategy into execution, and presented a scenario of our industry five years into the future. Read more
For all the advances in the marketplace over recent years, investment into private commercial real estate – both vehicles and individual assets – is still a cumbersome process. Real estate transactions involve a number of different stages and multiple intermediaries, such as lawyers and agents, who help reduce risk for all participants but add time and cost. Read more
As we reported in the last IQ, the COVID-19 crisis has prompted an unprecedented number of regulatory and policy consultations. Faced with the new challenges brought by the pendemic, including the stresses to the financial sector, policy makers have been closely monitoring how current regulations achieve their goals. Read more
IQ magazine recently spoke to Timo Löyttyniemi, CEO of VER, the State Pension Fund of Finland about the role of non-listed real estate in their portfolio, and also drew on his contribution to the INREV Annual Conference in a session focusing on today’s evolving institutional investment landscape. Read more
In this edition of the IQ we catch up with a familiar face at INREV, Johlyn da Prato who joined the organisation almost 15 years ago during a time when the industry and INREV itself looked very different. ‘What a different world it was then’, begins Johlyn, ‘not just for the industry but for the way in which we do our marketing and communication – there has been a huge transformation.’ Read more
With its theme of Reinvention for resilience: getting ready for the new normal, one of the most important questions for the INREV Annual Conference 2021 was how the COVID-19 pandemic would impact non-listed real estate in the longer term. Read more
It is widely understood that demand for urban housing is driven by demographic trends; the more people there are, the more housing they need. However, a deeper analysis reveals that this is not simply population growth, but rather three distinct and interlinked ‘gears of demand’: population growth, urbanisation, and household formation. Read more
