29 Jan 2025

A high level summary of what's being discussed in recent committee meetings:

  • Transparency of redemptions and how funds are meeting redemption requests
  • The effect of LGPS pooling on indirect property funds.
  • Move away from investing in balanced funds to more specialist funds
  • Widening the data provided in the Property Fund Vision
  • Training, education and guidance for investors
  • AREF's new Charter and what AREF should do if a fund is not following the spirit of the Charter

Next meeting: 15 May 2025

View more on the committee here.

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Dugal Hunt

Dugal Hunt

Director, CBRE Investment Management

Dugal Hunt is in the Indirect Private Real Estate team at CBRE Investment Management with responsibility for client portfolio management and sourcing and undertaking due diligence on investment opportunities.

He has detailed knowledge and experience of investing in real estate funds in the UK and Continental Europe.  In addition to underwriting new investment opportunities, Dugal has been able to use his industry contacts to actively source investments in existing funds on the secondary market.  He has been successful in negotiating attractive entry pricing in a number secondary market transactions on behalf of clients of GIP.

Dugal joined CB Richard Ellis Investors in March 2004.  Prior to this he has worked at Investment Property Databank on the Portfolio Analysis Service for 3.5 years.  Dugal gathered valuable experience during his time at IPD, understanding and analysing portfolio performance statistics.

Dugal is a member of the investment property forum and he has been approved by the FCA to conduct investment business.  He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. He is a graduate of University of Bristol with a degree in Geography.

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