2 November 2021 12pm – 2pm + Add to calendar Roundtable event AREF Offices
Webinar

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AREF, in association with MSCI, invite Investor Members to a roundtable on Wednesday 3rd November, to discuss proposed enhancements to the MSCI/AREF UK Quarterly Property Fund Index. The proposed changes include:

  • Inclusion of climate-related data points to the index
  • Inclusion of additional data points in Property Fund Vision Profiles
  • Streamlining of the data collection process to reduce errors and late submissions  

We would like to use this opportunity to discuss and gather feedback on how the changes would impact our Investor members.

This webinar is open to AREF Investor members only (by this we mean indirect investors only, rather than those investing in direct property).

Register now to avoid disappointment as places are limited. 

Confirmed speakers:

  • Moderator: Justin Brown, Managing Director, BlackRock and Chair of the AREF Research & Information Committee
  • Welcome: Tony Yu, Fund Manager, Aegon Asset Management and member of the AREF Research & Information Committee
  • Speaker: Hélène Demay, Executive Director, Client Coverage, MSCI
  • Speaker: Malcolm Frodsham, Director, Real Estate Strategies

Justin Brown

Managing Director, BlackRock

Justin is the Chair of the AREF Research & Information Committee. 

Justin is Managing Director at BlackRock, and a member of the Real Estate Team and Portfolio Manager of the BlackRock UK Property Fund. He is responsible for management and performance of the Fund. He leads a team of investment professionals dedicated to the management of the Fund.

Justin joined BlackRock from UBS Global Asset Management in 2012. He has worked within the UK property industry for 18 years focusing primarily on fund management and investment.

Justin has a Bachelor of Economics degree from University of Tasmania (Australia) and a Post Graduate Diploma in Estate Management from Southbank University. He qualified as a Chartered Surveyor in 2000.

 

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Hélène Demay

Executive Director, Client Coverage, MSCI

Hélène works in the Real Estate part of MSCI, where she heads the team of UK Client Consultants. Hélène has worked at MSCI, formerly IPD, for 13 years. She has held several positions over the years, both in Coverage and Product Management. Before working in the Coverage team, Hélène was instrumental in establishing a number of MSCI’s leading products such as the IPD Rental Information Service (IRIS) and the Global Property Fund Index.

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Malcolm Frodsham

Director, Real Estate Strategies

Malcolm has 25 years of experience in real estate data, modelling and risk management techniques.  He founded Real Estate Strategies in 2013, an independent management owned business that provides high quality forecasts, research and strategic consulting on the European real estate market.  Prior to Real Estate Strategies, Malcolm was Director of Research at IPD and prior to that Head of Research and Strategy at Legal & General Property.

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Tony Yu

Fund Manager, AEGON Asset Management

Tony is a fund manager in Kames Capital’s property multi manager team with responsibility for developing portfolio strategies, fund research and dealing. He joined Kames Capital in 2012 from ING, where he was a UK fund manager in the ING Real Estate Select team, and has more than 10 years’ experience in the property market.

Tony studied Economics at the London School of Economics and was formerly chair of the IPF/Property Derivatives Interest Group’s technical subcommittee, co-author of the PDIG report “Getting into Property Derivatives”, and oversaw  £350m of property derivative strategies at ING Real Estate.

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Date:

Tuesday 2nd November 2021

Timings:

12.00hrs - 14.00hrs

Venue/ Call details:

This event will be held as a hybrid meeting. Please indicate in the booking details whether you will be joining in person or online. Call details will be sent to attendees ahead of the call. We have a room booked at the AREF offices for those joining in person.

Cost:

Members:
This webinar/event is FREE and open to all staff from AREF Investor member firms (view our list of members here). This event is also open to future generation* staff. 

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