Member Round-table to discuss 'The RICS Independent Review of Real Estate Investment Valuations'

Member Round-table to discuss 'The RICS Independent Review of Real Estate Investment Valuations'

Wednesday 17th March 2021

The RICS has started an Independent Review of Real Estate Investment Valuations under the leadership of Peter Pereira Gray of the Wellcome Trust. The review will consult with representatives from a wide range of sectors and key global markets and make recommendations to RICS and other relevant bodies on valuation standards and related support frameworks. RICS have issued a Call for Evidence on the four key areas of the review, the deadline for response is Wednesday 31st March 2021. 

To help members with their individual responses, we have organised this roundtable with the RICS, in order for them to outline the scope of the review and for members to ask questions and make preliminary responses.

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS:

• Chair: Paul Richards, Managing Director, AREF
• Speaker: Ben Elder, International Director for Valuation, RICS

Ben Elder

International Director for Valuation, RICS

Ben is responsible for delivery of the RICS Global Valuation Strategy which has a key role to play in securing global financial stability through participation by the RICS in the development and application of International Valuation Standards. Ben is well qualified for this role as an Economist and a Chartered Surveyor and he has a particular interest is the interface of the economy and property markets.

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Paul Richards

Managing Director, AREF

Paul is Managing Director of AREF. Before joining AREF in 2020, Paul was Head of the European Real Estate Boutique within Mercer’s investment consulting business for almost 10 years, previously he was Head of Indirect Real Estate Investment and Global Managed Accounts at LaSalle Investment Management, where he was responsible for managing global portfolios of unlisted real estate funds for clients from Europe and Asia Pacific.

He has over 25 years of real estate experience in investment, corporate finance and research, and has advised investors, occupiers and venture capital companies on property portfolio strategy and on financial structuring, including PFI, senior and mezzanine debt and joint venture arrangements. His employers have included LaSalle Investment Management, Cushman & Wakefield and Henderson Investors.

Before coming into the world of real estate, Paul worked in marketing and market research. He originally studied Physiological Sciences at Lincoln College, Oxford and has a Master of Science in Real Estate from City University Business School, London (Cass Business School).

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DATE:
Wednesday 17th March 2021

TIME:
09.30 - 10.30hrs

WEBINAR DETAILS:
Call details will be sent to attendees ahead of the call

COST:
This webinar is FREE and open to all staff from AREF Fund, Affiliate, Associate and Investor member firms (view our list of members here). 

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