AREF Newsletter - March 2024
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March 2024
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Welcome to our Newsletter, where you'll find a wealth of information detailing our activities and achievements from the past month, as well as what's on our horizon for the future.
Tickets for the AREF Conference are selling rapidly; we highly recommend booking early to avoid disappointment!
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New Chair for AREF!
We are delighted to announce that the AREF Board have appointed a new chair: Anne Breen, Global Head of Real Estate, abrdn, from 21 March 2024.
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AREF Conference
Proudly sponsored by Citco and taking place on 25th June in London. This is an opportunity to connect with industry leaders, participate in thought-provoking sessions, and enjoy our exclusive evening Summer Drinks Reception, sponsored by Mills & Reeve. Secure your place now!
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Reserved Investment Fund (RIF)
We very much welcome the government proceeding with tax rules to introduce the RIF and the fact that it will begin legislating through the Spring 2024 Finance Bill.
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Calling all Mentors and Mentees
We are still recruiting for our Mentorship Scheme. Thanks to all who have signed up so far, it's not too late to sign up! If you're interested in being a mentor, mentee, or both, we'd love to hear from you!
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AREF Annual Dinner 2024
Proudly sponsored by JTC and taking place at The Savoy Hotel on Wednesday 18th September! Table bookings for the Annual Dinner will be on sale from Monday 15th April 2024.
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Award submissions open soon!
Award submissions for both Outstanding Fund Achievement and the Research Award will open in April. Look out for notifications on this.
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AREF FutureGen Conference 2024
Proudly sponsored by Carey Olsen and taking place in Cambridge on 3rd & 4th September. Tickets for the FutureGen Conference will be on sale from 1st May!
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New Affiliate Member - SS&C Technologies
SS&C offers a suite of comprehensive, modular real estate services to a diverse, global client base spanning the major financial and commercial centers of North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia.
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New Affiliate Member - Vistra
Vistra aim to be the go-to operational partner for funds and corporates looking to streamline and integrate business-critical administration.
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Public Policy Activity
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AREF is busy engaging with regulators and government to ensure they hear the voice of the real estate industry when determining policy. We always welcome members participation; particularly to consultation response.
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AREF in the Press!
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Read press articles from this month, featuring AREF
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News this month
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14 Mar 2024
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Reserved Investor Fund
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In the Spring Budget 2024, the Government published its response to the consultation on the proposed introduction of an unauthorised co-ownership contractual scheme, the R...
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08 Mar 2024
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Basel Committee - Disclosure of climate-related financial risks
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AREF has responded to the consultation from the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision on the Disclosure of climate-related financial risks
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08 Mar 2024
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Construction Industry Scheme
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Find out here more about the legislative changes the Government are making from 6 April 2024 to reform the Construction Industry Scheme.
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06 Mar 2024
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Property Fund Vision - Q4 2023
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Download the Q4 2023 Property Fund Vision Handbook (PFV).
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29 Feb 2024
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2023 AREF GRESB Performance
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AREF member funds outperformed the UK GRESB benchmark in 2023 by 3 percentage points with a score of 76%.
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Missed an AREF event?
You can catch up with our events by reading the write-up, watching the wecording or listening to the podcasts for all our events held this year.
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AREF Committee Updates
Did you know you can read all about what the AREF Committee's have been working on recently?
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Follow us on LinkedIn
We would encourage all members to follow us on LinkedIn. Please 'like' and 'share' our posts to help spread news of the good work AREF is doing.
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Industry Initiatives
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Training & Events from Diversity Talks Real Estate (DTRE)
DTRE is offering 10% member discount to AREF members on their upcoming training courses using promo code Partner10
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Do you have any FutureGen colleagues who would like to join the Network?
Please forward this to any FutureGen friends and colleagues who would be interested in joining the network to receive updates of our latest events and initiatives. AREF is committed to investing in our future! We have over 400 future generation members in our Network.
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Committee Vacancies
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We actively encourage all members to get involved with the association. Click to view the current vacancies on AREF committees
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The Association of Real Estate Funds (AREF) is the body that represents the interests of its fund managers, those firms that advise and support them and the end-investors. For further information, please visit our website.
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