PERE Europe Forum 2026

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• As real estate fundraising begins to gather pace once again, how are managers building resilience to geopolitical and economic headwinds?
  Which regions, sectors and investment strategies are most attractive today?
  How are managers bringing real estate to new investors in private wealth and insurance?
  Moderator: Jonathan Brasse, Editor-in-Chief, PERE
  Donato Saponara, Head of South & West Europe & Co-Head of Investments Europe, PIMCO Prime Real Estate
  Nael Mustafa, CEO, GFH Partners
  Stephanie Hacking, Portfolio Fund Manager , Royal London Asset Management
  Axel Karlsson, CEO, NIAM

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• How are economic and geopolitical factors impacting global and regional allocation strategies?
  How are investors building and managing portfolios for greater returns?
  Given the surge of private wealth into private markets, how are LPs viewing GP relationships today?
  Moderator: Charlotte D’Souza, Editor, Equity, PERE
  Speakers:
  Anne Koeman-Sharapova, Head of Europe Real Estate Investment , Mercer
  Lee Marshall, Head of Real Estate, LGPS Central
  Alex Turner, Head of Property , USS
  Mathieu Elshout, Head of International / European Property, Aware Super
  Wincel Kaufmann, Sustainability Lead, Real Estate, Zurich

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• How are shifts in demographics, regulations, affordability and lifestyle driving demand for the residential and living sector?
  The role of technologies, such as AI, in driving operational efficiencies and creating more value for investors
  What ESG, sustainability and decarbonization efforts are being prioritised?
  Moderator: Andreas Rothacher, Head of Investment Research, Complementa AG
  Nick Sissling, Director, Investments Europe, Oxford Properties Group
  Anssi Halonen, Head of Acquisitions in the European Real Estate group, Carlyle
  Henrik Orrbeck , Co-Head of Private Real Estate, Partners Group
  Matteo Minardi, Co-Head of Real Estate Investment, Ardian

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• With industrial and logistics remaining one of the most resilient sectors, which regions and sub-sectors are most compelling today?
  How are geopolitical and supply chain risks accelerating nearshoring and reshoring across Europe?
  What impact is increased European defence spending having on demand, development and location strategy?
  Moderator: Sarah Marx , Senior Reporter, PERE Deals
  Joshua Adams, Partner, OpenGate Capital
  Thomas Blangy, Senior Vice President, QuadReal
  Matthew Brodnik, Partner, Global Chief Investment Officer, EQT Real Estate
  Christian Jamison, Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer , Valor Real Estate Partners LLP

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• PERE’s deals editor Seb Shehadi presents our 2026 institutional vehicle-led investment data by region, sectors and other metrics critical for a contemporary understanding of market conditions.
  Speaker: Seb Shehadi, Editor, Deals, PERE

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• What’s driving organisations to merge real estate and infrastructure teams and is this the new model for institutional portfolios?
  How can unified real assets teams improve allocation, risk management and cross-asset decision making compared to siloed structures?
  Approaches to manager selection, governance, sustainability, technology and the balance between real estate and infrastructure exposure
  Moderator:
  Joe Marsh, EMEA Editor, Investors, PEI Group
  Speakers:
  Alex Bretz, Senior Investment Director, AustralianSuper
  Robbert Staal, Senior Portfolio Manager, Global Real Estate, MN
  Marija Simpraga, Co-Head of Real Assets, People’s Partnership
  Jessica Rovet, Investment Associate , The Crown Estate

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• How are investors balancing real estate, infrastructure and adjacent strategies against other private and public market exposures?
  Where do real assets sit in delivering income, inflation protection and diversification today?
  What does real asset convergence mean for manager relationships, mandate design and long-term allocation strategy?
  Moderator: Louisa Yeoman, Founding Partner, Astrid Advisors
  Speakers:
  Anne Kuleshova, Senior Investment Director, Real Assets, Cambridge Associates
  Amarik Ubhi, Senior Portfolio Manager – Real Assets, Border to Coast Pensions Partnership
  Nicole Grützmacher, Co-Head of Private Markets, FERI AG
  Surinder Toor, Managing Partner , Arjun Infrastructure Partners
  Kunal Koya, Partner, Head of Active Core Infrastructure Europe, EQT

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• Rocco Fioretti, Senior Vice President, Threadmark

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• How is value creation evolving as real estate shifts towards operational uplift, platform capability and targeted capex
  Where the strongest opportunities lie across sectors, from living and logistics to hospitality and alternative real estate
  Insights on the impact of different value-creation levers, including repositioning, ESG upgrades, technology and operator partnerships
  Moderator: Sarah Marx , Senior Reporter, PERE Deals
  Speakers:
  Nadiah Hamid, Head of Investments & Acquisitions, Real Estate , KWAP
  Brian Seaman, Head of Real Estate Equity, New York Life Investment Management
  Joseph de Leo, Managing Partner and Investment Committee Member , Benson Elliot
  Christina Forrest, Managing Director, Real Estate, Europe , La Caisse

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• Explore European market dynamics and the impact on global real estate credit
  Will back leverage become the market standard for financing real estate?
  What solutions are being explored to help borrowers navigate the refinancing crunch?
  Moderator: Chris Patton , Regional Head of Funds, Europe , CSC
  Speakers:
  Shiraz Jiwa, Founder and CEO, The Valesco Group
  Justin Faiz, CEO and Co-Founder, Pluto Finance
  Laia Massague, Partner, Stepstone

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• Hear from PEI Group’s industry leading real estate research group, presenting findings from several peer-to-peer surveys on fundraising, allocation and other key trends.
  Speaker: Kavinder Tack, Senior Research Associate , PEI Group

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• Flyers and laggards: which public REITs are outperforming and why
  Dwindling discounts: how long does the privatization opportunity have left?
  Together stronger: stress testing the thesis behind combing public and private exposures in institutional real estate allocations
  Private plays: what it means when more public REITs are raising capital privately
  Moderator: Jack Sidders, Team Leader, Real Estate & Investing, Bloomberg
  Speakers:
  Jennifer Stillman, Investment Director, Real Estate, Aberdeen Investments
  Matthew Fletcher, Investor Outreach Director, EPRA
  Harm Meijer, Founding Partner, ICAMAP Advisory
  Matthew Norris, Managing Director of Real Estate Securities, Fund Manager, Gravis

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• How family offices and GP wealth teams are approaching real estate from direct deals and co-investment to curated products designed for private wealth
  Where does private capital see the strongest opportunities across real estate sectors?
  How do private wealth and GP relationships differ to that of institutional LP-GP ones?
  Moderator; Sophie Brown, Head of Capital Relationships, Capital Assured
  Julian Marwitz, Principal, Marwitz Family Office
  Aida Feriz, Executive Director , Wimmer Financial
  Ulf Brackmann, CEO , iKapital.eu

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• Speaker: Ned Williams , Managing Director, Evans Randall Investors

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• How investors are approaching data centres as a real assets strategy, including the convergence of real estate and digital infrastructure, the rise of hyperscale demand and operational intensity?
  Where key risks and opportunities lie, from power-constrained markets and AI-driven demand to land scarcity, grid access, sustainability requirements and evolving tenant demands
  What capabilities and platforms are needed to succeed and how can real assets teams leverage cross-aisle expertise in energy, development and operations to create value?
  Moderator: Oliver Loveless , Principal, Analysys Mason
  Speakers:
  Siobhán Nagle, Managing Director, Digital Infrastructure EMEA
  Nic Firzli, Executive Director, World Pensions Council
  David Emes, Head of Infrastructure Capital Raising, L&G
  David Bloom, Chairman, Kao Data