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Pre Conference Workshop B: Investment Manager Selection


How To Pick The Right Real Estate Fund, Developer or Operator Given Your Risk/Reward Profile

Registration: Registration will commence at 08:00 and begin at 08:30 with refreshments to be served at appropriate times. The day will conclude at 14:30 after which lunch will be served.

  • Why funds vs. specific assets/portfolios?
  • What is the current landscape: how many funds are out there, and what is the scope of their offerings (risk/reward, geographies, sectors, target investors)?
  • How many situations ought an investor review and subsequently invest in?
  • How do global institutional investors select their managers?
  • Evaluating discretionary funds as well as pre-identified assets/portfolios
  • Evaluating manager track records: financial due diligence, realised vs unrealised, benchmarking
  • Terms and conditions: where is the market?
  • What is negotiable and how large a commitment does one need to make to influence terms?
  • Pros and cons of choosing small managers vs global players
  • Tax implications for cross-border situations: beware of unexpected complexity

Meet Your Expert Workshop Leader:
Thomas BoytinckThomas C Boytinck, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Real Estate Development Programme, Columbia University, City of New York, USA and Managing Director, Farragut Capital, LLC, USA

Thomas Boytinck co-founded Farragut Capital in 2005. The company, an investment banking boutique, raises capital for real estate fund managers around the world from pension plans, endowments, foundations, insurers and family offices. Mr Boytinck was previously Global Head of Real Estate nvestment for Deutsche Bank Private Wealth Management. He graduated in 1990 from Columbia University in New York and now teaches finance in its Real Estate Development Programme.

 

 

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