Fidelity International webinar: Three expert views on Real Estate Investments, 15.4.2021

Apr 15

Members event

date & time

15/04/2021 4.00-6.00 EET

In an era of disruption, where volatility continues, interest rates remain low, and sustainability plays an ever-increasing element of decision making. Real estate continues to offer an attractive yield for investors and plays a vital part of client portfolios.

Fidelity Real Estate Investment Colloquium will bring together a group of renowned industry experts from Fidelity, GRESB and Maastricht University:

Kim Politzer, Head of Research for European Real Estate, Fidelity International

Sander Paul van Tongeren, co-founder and Managing director at GRESB

Nils Kok, Professor in Real Estate Finance at Maastricht University

The group will look back over the past 30 years of investment decisions, discuss the current landscape and what challenges lie ahead for investment managers and clients.

Program

16.00-16.05 Welcome

By Oskar Geldof (Head of Institutional Sales at Fidelity International)

16.05-16.10 h Introduction to the program

By Rob Bauer (Professor of Finance – Institutional Investors at Maastricht University)

16.10-16.40 h 30 Years of Global Institutional Real Estate Investment

By Nils Kok (Professor in Real Estate Finance at Maastricht University)

Nils Kok will share the results of his latest research regarding the real estate investment choices made by over 1000 pension funds worldwide, and the consequences these choices have for costs and performance.

16.40-17.10 h ESG and Real Estate, Measurement and Management

By Sander Paul van Tongeren (Co-founder and Managing Director at GRESB)

Sander Paul van Tongeren will discuss the latest development in the sustainability performance of real estate investment funds all over the world, and will also highlight the changing position and role of GRESB as a pivotal player in the improvement of global real estate sustainability.

17.10-17.40 h ESG and Real Estate Investment in Practice

By Kim Politzer (Head of Research – European Real Estate at Fidelity International)

Kim Politzer will discussing the need to recognise that the data that we have collected over the past 30 years is not fit for purpose for the next 30 years. Demands around ESG/sustainability will create a new set of data priorities and challenges.

17.40-17.50 h General Discussion

17.50-18.00 h Take home message – Closing remarks

By Oskar Geldof & Rob Bauer