24 March 2023 9.15am – 10am + Add to calendar Webinar Webinar

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Join us for this interactive webinar, where Ed White of MSCI will present and examine the results of the UK PFI for 2022, looking at the underlying drivers of performance and key investment themes.  Ed will be joined by Kim Politzer, Head of Research, European Real Estate at Fidelity and Jonathan Bayfield, Head of Research at Aviva Investors UK Real Estate, who will give their views and discuss the index results as well as take questions from the audience . 

SPEAKERS: 

  • Jonathan Bayfield, Head of Research @ Aviva Investors UK Real Estate
  • Kim Politzer, Head of Research, European Real Estate @ Fidelity
  • Ed White, Head of UK Consultants at MSCI Real Estate

DATE:
Friday 24th March 2023

TIME:
09.15 - 10.00hrs

WEBINAR DETAILS:
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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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SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES:

Jonathan Bayfield

Jonathan Bayfield

Head of UK Real Estate Research, Aviva Investors

Jonathan leads the UK Real Estate Research team at Aviva Investors. He has a significant role in influencing individual funds’ investment strategies as well as leading the house location strategy. He is also part of the senior team that challenge and give guidance on investment and portfolio construction decision-making, working across equity, debt and long income mandates. As part of his role, he also manage the thought leadership and insight program for the wider Real Assets Research team.

Prior to joining Aviva Investors, Jonathan worked in JLL’s Research and Consulting team, in the UK and Europe. Jonathan obtained an MSc in Real Estate from Reading University's College of Estate Management and a BSc in Geography from University College London. Jonathan also holds the Investment Management Certificate (IMC).

Kim Politzer

Kim Politzer

Director of Research, European Real Estate, Fidelity

Kim Politzer joined Fidelity's Real Estate team in March 2018. She leads the European research team and is part of the senior management team. Prior to this, Kim was a Senior Director, and Head of European Research at Invesco Real Estate.

At Fidelity she works closely with the real estate investment team to apply both top down and bottom up research to support strategy for new and existing mandates.

With c.30 years’ experience, Kim began her career as a site researcher for Tesco before moving to Weatherall Green & Smith (now BNP Paribas Real Estate) where she worked in occupier research, specialising in the retail sector, and was also responsible for real estate forecasting across all sectors.

At Invesco, Kim provided a pan-European overview of the real estate market, and was responsible for Invesco’s European Real Estate House View. She sat on the Investment Committee, the Fund Strategy Review Committee and co-chaired the Investment Strategy Group.

Kim has an MA in Geography from the University of California, Los Angeles and an MSc in Econometrics & Forecasting from London Guildhall University.

She is a member of the Society of Property Researchers, the Investment Property Forum and the Society of Business Economists. Kim is also part of the Women Talk Real Estate network.

 

Ed White

Ed White

Head of UK Consultants, MSCI Real Estate

Ed leads the UK Consultant team in MSCI Real Estate and has been with MSCI for 3 years. Ed joined MSCI from Homes England where he was Head of Corporate Strategy and Development for the organisation. Prior to this Ed was part of the founding team at HCA-Investments responsible for building the Management Information Framework and Analytics platforms across debt and equity.

Ed started his career at IPD as an analyst going on to hold various positions within the UK business.