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Iryna Pylypchuk, Director Research and Market Information, INREV presented the Q4 2020 European results including sector, geography, fund-level and asset level performance, also sharing insights from the latest COVID-19 Sentiment and Valuation Surveys.

Peter Papadakos, Managing Director, Green Street will present research into the topic of sector preference as an indicator of outperformance. The presentations followed by a panel discussion moderated by Lonneke Löwik, CEO, INREV joined by Vincenzo Nocerino, BNP Paribas REIM, Jessica Hardman, DWS and Xavier Jongen, Catella Residential Investment Management.

Joep Ottervanger, Loyens & Loeff and Aleksandra Njagulj, CBRE Global Investors presents on the implementation of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation.

Also view the paper on Impact of the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR).

To help the industry navigate the requirements of the SFDR, we have summarised the key provisions with a specific focus on the obligations that will be effective as per 10 March 2021. To learn more also view the briefing on the SFDR.

The 2020 winners of the Nick Tyrrell Research prize present their winning paper, ‘Real Estate in Mixed-Asset Portfolios for Various Investment Horizons’. 

The webinar hosted by the IPF features a panel of industry experts, Peter Epping, Hines and Thushka Maharaj, JP Morgan together with the joint prize winners, Jean-Christophe Delfim and Prof. Martin Hoesli, both of the Geneva School of Economics and Management, as they present the winning paper. 

On 2 February 2021, INREV filed a response to the European Commission’s consultation on Sustainable Corporate Governance. The response developed by the INREV ESG Committee substantially supports the possible initiative on sustainable corporate governance and encourages the real estate industry to consider the environmental, social, human and economic impact in their business decisions. 

We were joined by Fons Trompenaars, author, speaker and expert on culture and business who took our young professional members on an insightful journey of business cultures and cultural diversity. expert on culture and business, 

AREIM's Sustainability Report is an example of how ESG strategy has been implemented within the organisation. The report serves as an example of how to build a strategy and identify the objectives through a stakeholder engagement process and materiality assessment. 

In July 2020, COIMA SGR received equity commitments of €400 million for the first close of the COIMA ESG City Impact Fund, the first urban regeneration ESG fund to be launched in Italy. With an open collaborative structure including co investments, partnership and financial leverage, the fund is targeting further equity raises up to €1 billion, to create a total investment capacity of over €4 billion.

In November 2019, Patron Capital announced its intention to establish the Women in Safe Homes (WISH) Fund, believed to be the world’s first gender-lens property fund, alongside Resonance and Big Society Capital. The fund will be a solution to the lack of affordable, safe and secure homes for women who are experiencing homelessness, have been involved with the criminal justice system, are survivors of domestic abuse or have other complex needs.