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INREV CEO to step down

INREV has announced that its CEO, Matthias Thomas, will be leaving the association in the autumn. Thomas, joined INREV as CEO in August 2010, and since then has continued to expand the association’s remit, introducing several key new initiatives, including focused public affairs; a global research agenda; and an expansion of the performance indices to add both quarterly and global indices. Over the past seven years, he has overseen the successful development and growth of INREV, which has seen corporate membership numbers reach 396 currently.

Over €50 billion anticipated for real estate investment in 2017

A minimum of €52.6 billion of capital is expected to be invested in global real estate during 2017. This represents a total average target allocation of 11.5% for investors - a gain of 1.5% from current allocations. These results from the global Investment Intentions Survey 2017, published today by INREV, ANREV and PREA, underline a continuing strong appetite for real estate among institutional investors, despite continuing global economic and geopolitical uncertainty.

One in four real estate funds participates in secondary trading

14 December 2016, Amsterdam – Nearly 25% of European funds have experienced secondary trading, according to recent research published by INREV. The Secondary Trading and Liquidity Study reveals that secondary trading in both open end and closed end funds has become an established part of the overall real estate investment landscape, as opposed to a marginal activity. The market in secondary trading of units in non-listed real estate funds was worth around €9 billion in 2015. Between €2 billion and...

Significant round of fund terminations to put €6.4 billion back on the market in 2017

7 September 2016, Amsterdam – Seventy-two European non-listed funds are scheduled to terminate over the next two years, representing a total of €11 billion of NAV returning to the market, according to new research from INREV. The Fund Terminations Study 2016 found that 29 funds are terminating in each of 2016 and 2017, with a further 14 scheduled for 2018. These figures are down from the 2015 total of 36 funds, suggesting that terminations have now peaked following a bumper...

Funds of funds deliver stellar returns

2 August 2016, Amsterdam – Investors are reaping the benefits of scale and diversification from investments in funds of funds which delivered a record total annual return of 18.7%. The latest Fund of Funds Study 2016, jointly published by INREV and ANREV, reveals the strongest performance for funds of funds to date, continuing a three-year upward trend. It highlights the relative attractiveness of these vehicles despite earlier indications from investors that they were their least preferred option in terms of...

INREV to track performance of German-based real estate vehicles for the first time

18 July 2016, Amsterdam - The European Association for Investors in Non-Listed Real Estate Vehicles (INREV) has launched new indices measuring the annual and quarterly performance of Spezialfonds, Publikumsfonds and other vehicle types domiciled in Germany. INREV has been supported by the German Investment Funds Association (BVI), who have contributed their data and market insight to the initiative. The recently-published INREV German Vehicles Index 2016 includes historical BVI data on German-based non-listed real estate vehicles dating back to 2001. Since...

Understanding the positive role of real estate debt in the European economy important for policymakers

Monday 27 June 2016, London - Policymakers need to ensure that future regulation of the banking industry and other sources of finance does not undermine the positive contribution that commercial real estate (CRE) debt makes to the European economy. A new report from APL, CREFC Europe, INREV and ZIA1 demonstrates that debt, as a principal component of CRE capital, facilitates the contribution that the real estate industry makes to the European economy. Of the estimated EUR2.1 trillion of invested CRE...