Here in Brussels, the major topic of conversation during the last few months has been the European elections. The vote for the new European Parliament that was held throughout the EU from 22-25 May ushered in a new power structure in Brussels. Besides a new European Parliament, the elections also resulted in new political leadership of the European Commission including a new President. Read more
It was a pleasure to see so many of you at the INREV Annual Conference in Berlin in April. Geopolitics book ended discussions on stage, with high quality presentations from Dr Pippa Malmgren and Jami Miscik demonstrating that the world in which we do business gets increasingly complicated. Read more
Investors are finding the lack of available product among funds is a key challenge in the current market, so do our investor and fund manager agree? INVESTOR VIEWPOINT Q. What do investors want? A. Not what they are getting. Read more
The European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) published its report on long-term financing of the European Economy last month. Two weeks ahead of publication, key representatives from the European real estate industry met the report’s author Read more
PFA Real Estate, the real estate arm of PFA - Denmark’s largest pensions provider - has been a member of INREV for a little under a year. IQ spoke to Michael Bruhn to get his first impressions of the organisation Read more
It’s been just three years since INREV first ventured into the public affairs arena. Our first order of business was pulling together a team faced with the challenge of responding to multiple regulatory initiatives such as EMIR, Solvency II and AIFMD, while we launched efforts to find office space in Brussels so the public affairs team could be in closer contact with European policy makers. Read more
With banks starting to return to the lending market, our investor and fund manager examine what they think the prospects are for the emerging debt funds sector Investor viewpoint The numbers would suggest that this is a trend that cannot be stopped. There are more than 40 European debt funds, either raising capital, investing or already invested. This amounts to €26 billion. Read more
The role of the GP is one that investors will continue to value, says Eric Adler, CEO of Pramerica Real Estate Investors and member of the INREV Management Board. He talks to IQ about the changing shape of the industry and how INREV can help manage the future. Read more
Noel Manns, a founder of Europa Capital and member of the INREV Management Board, recognised early on the benefits of INREV membership for his firm. IQ met up with him to hear how he got involved and what he thinks INREV’s biggest contributions to the industry have been to date. Read more
After years of roundtables, public consultations, proposed guidelines and draft implementing measures that INREV and the Public Affairs Committee extensively participated in, reviewed and commented on, the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive(AIFMD) finally came into effect this summer. From one day to the next, non-listed real estate became a largely regulated industry. Read more
