Expo Real is an annual event where real estate professionals from all over Europe and further afield gather to initiate major investment transactions. But if the global financial crisis has taught the industry anything it is that managing assets is key to safeguarding and maximising returns.
Expo Real is an annual event where real estate professionals from all over Europe and further afield gather to initiate major investment transactions. But if the global financial crisis has taught the industry anything it is that managing assets is key to safeguarding and maximising returns.
Accordingly, PropertyEU has brought together leading experts in the discipline for our Asset Management Briefing being held at Expo Real on Monday 6 October.
The briefing takes place in the Networking Lounge, Hall A1, Stand 440 from 17.00 to 17.50 on Monday.
A key theme will include whether the re-bound in transactional activity will result in the role of asset managers shifting more to the background as investor specialists become more prominent, or whether the management of assets will become more important that ever.
The briefing will also explore the influence of the increasing internationalisation of investment into Europe. Does the size of the investor play a role and do Anglo-Saxon, Continental Europe and Asian or Middle Eastern investors have differing views on asset management strategies.
Another issue is whether management of the assets can best be handled in-house or outsourced.
The panel discussing these questions include Norbert Rolf, head of the Property Companies Division at Strabag Property & Facility Services; Etienne Dupuy, senior director, asset management at Invesco Real Estate and Roland Holschuh, board member at Commerz Real.
Asset managers need the tools to operate effectively. Richard Gerritsen, regional director - European Sales at Yardi Systems is on the panel and will be central to the discussion of the role of technology and where there will be a significant shift in the use of technology in the industry.
The panel will also be asked to comment on the importance of forecasting and mobility, and the importance of technology in this regard and the role it plays in the day-to-day management.
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Asset Management Briefing
06 October 2014 – Expo Real
Managing Assets to Maximise Returns
The Networking Lounge
Expo Real, Hall A1, Stand 440
17.00 – 17.50
