Welcome
A new IQ
You are holding in your hands the newly redesigned INREV IQ, which is part of a wider rebranding undertaken by INREV this year. We want IQ to combine high quality content with a strong new design. It is modern to reflect the way that INREV and real estate are changing, and clean to reflect the value of transparency and performance that INREV represents. I hope you like it.
We have recently finished our Investor Intentions roadshows, for which we visited eight countries in six weeks and spoke to more than 600 members. We presented the global results of the survey, for which the feedback was very positive, and also announced a new membership fee model for institutional investors that allows them to join INREV at a new fee level.
The result has been excellent, and we have already had four new institutional investors join this year, compared to five across the whole of 2014. We think this will be extremely effective in helping us continue with our goal of sustainable growth.
Speaking of growth, membership of INREV now stands at 362 corporate members combining more than 4000 individual member representatives, and we have expanded our remit to include new elements such as debt funds and joint ventures.
We need to make sure that all of you are receiving the right information. So one of our largest projects involves working on our internal processes and introducing new member relations software to improve communications and how we interact with members. We are currently in the process of selecting a software provider, and the new system should be implemented by the end of the third quarter.
Finally, it is our AGM and annual conference in Barcelona on 22 & 23 April, and I encourage as many of you to attend as possible. It is a fantastic opportunity each year to hold us to account personally, and face-to-face. It allows us to keep you informed about the business plan and our projects for the future, and for you to feed back your thoughts about how we are doing and what we can do better. I look forward to seeing you there.
Matthias Thomas, INREV CEO
