
PERE
Japan Forum 2020
Laurent Jacquemin
Head of Asia-Pacific, Real Assets, AXA IM Alts
This is a past event.
Join Japan's most influential gathering of private real estate leaders anytime, anywhere
Connecting Japan‘s key private real estate leaders with the world
The PERE Investor Forum: Tokyo Virtual Experience on 17 September 2020 reinvigorated fundraising activities by connecting with regional leaders and global senior decision-makers in testing times.
The Forum is Japan’s #1 real estate meeting place and the final Forum at PERE’s industry-leading Japan Korea Week. The 5-day Japan Korea Week virtual experience allows you to arrange unlimited 1-to-1 video meetings around your schedule with the region’s leading institutional investors.
Gain immediate insights from live-streamed and on-demand sessions, catch up with global peers about pressing topics in private real estate, and secure your next capital allocation in your own time.
Get access to Japan’s most influential community of institutional investors, fund and asset managers, strategic partners, and advisors to broaden your network and advance your fundraising for global private real estate.
Discover how to adapt to a covid-19 world
2020 featured speakers include:
Virtual experience includes unlimited networking, live-streamed content, connectivity with fellow attendees.
Explore the premium content, including trending discussion topics such as:
- How to fundraise from the giant, medium and small Japanese LPs
- Opportunities in the global and Japanese markets
- Japanese LPs’ strategies and appetite
- Emerging trends: Integrated resort, the role of ESG
- What’s more for your portfolio: Architect, design and service management perspectives
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The PERE Global Passport connects you to the virtual community of real estate decision-makers that attend all six of PERE’s industry-leading event series with special perks that gives you the advantage to secure capital commitments and finalize your next project over your peers. All without leaving your (home) office!
Confirmed Japanese LP attendees:
Connect with leading Japanese LPs in private real estate investment, share the latest market insights and shape global capital flow at PERE Investor Forum: Tokyo
Connect with Japan's largest LPs. Turbocharge fundraising.
Demonstrate your unique value-add capabilities to Japanese LPs allocating capital to oversea private real estate to turbocharge your fundraising in 2020 and beyond. Exchange ideas with prominent global GPs, developers, and strategic advisors to enhance your investment strategies across Asia, Europe, Australia, and the Americas.
Confirmed 2019 LP attendees included
Valuable Insights. Enhance your strategies.
Utilizing PERE’s position as the most prestigious private real estate specialized publication, the Forum is your gateway to access to the most exclusive market insights.
See below the 2020 agenda. For any enquiries on the 2021 programme, please contact Andrew Wolff on at andrew.w@peimedia.com
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Agenda
Agenda - Wednesday 16th
Wednesday, 16 September 2020
18:00 - 20:00
VIP cocktail for sponsors and investors (by invitation only, TBC)
Agenda
Agenda - Thursday 17th
Thursday, 17 September 2020
08:30 - 08:50
Registration and networking
08:50 - 09:05
PERE welcome
09:05 - 09:50
Keynote Panel: Putting Japanese capital to work in global markets
- How can Japanese investors get more comfortable about actively participating in the
global real estate markets? - Investing in EU vs. UK in the post Brexit world
- The US: is it one market or many? How should Japanese investors look at it?
09:50 - 10:20
Keynote Presentation
10:20 - 11:05
Panel: Real Estate opportunities beyond core sectors
- Understanding mid-market investing opportunities
- Value add and Opportunistic funds, should Japanese investors be taking a closer
look?
11:05 - 11:35
Networking coffee break
11:35 - 12:05
Presentation: Economic trends in the US
12:05 - 12:50
Panel: Current investing trends in the Japanese market
- Japan Post-Olympics – What are the most important themes for investors?
- How has the coronavirus impacted the market?
- Why are investors increasingly interested in the residential sector?
12:50 - 13:50
Networking lunch
13:50 - 14:30
Panel: Real estate debt
- Debt vs Equity – for the Japanese investor, what is best now and why?
- Debt opportunities – USA vs EUR vs Japan vs elsewhere such as Australia
- Senior vs. Mezzanine – for the Japanese investor, what are the pros and cons?
14:30 - 15:10
Panel: Integrated resorts, hospitality and the impact of Covid-19
- Assessing the impact of Covid-19 in Japan on the industry
- Perspectives and lessons learned from international and domestic investors
- Distressed opportunities for investing in the sector
15:10 - 15:30
Networking coffee break
15:30 - 16:10
Panel: Investing in sector specific vs diversified funds
- Understanding the pros and cons to investing sector specific vs diversified funds
- Japanese LPs have shied away from sector specific funds, why should they reconsider them?
- Overview of sector specific funds such as in residential and logistic sectors
16:10 - 16:40
Country Case Study: India
16:40 - 17:30
Panel: What do Japanese LPs want? The secrets to relationship building in Japan
- How do more experienced LPs evaluate their RE portfolio of investments so far?
- What is preventing other LPs from deploying into the market?
- LP Scorecard: How do LPs assess their current relationships with GPs so far?
17:30 - 18:30
Close of conference & cocktail reception
PERE Investor Forum: Tokyo offers a unique opportunity for organisations to raise their profile by meeting with a global audience of senior decision-makers in the private real estate industry.
For exclusive sponsorship packages for 2020, contact sponsorship team at asiasponsorship@peimedia.com or call +852 2153 3846.
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Laurent Jacquemin
Head of Asia-Pacific, Real Assets, AXA IM Alts
Laurent is currently Head of Asia-Pacific, Real Estate at AXA IM Alts. He is responsible for all operations in the Asia-Pacific region, including overseeing investment, asset management and capital raising activities from the offices in Japan, South Korea and Australia. Laurent is a member of the Real Estate Management Board. Laurent was also appointed President and CEO of AXA Investment Managers Japan in June 2022 in addition to his current role as Head of APAC, Real Estate, AXA IM Alts.
Laurent joined AXA IM Real Assets in 2001 as Corporate Finance Manager in Paris. Between 2006 and 2010 he was Head of Corporate Finance UK, before becoming Global Head of Corporate Finance. He was most recently European Head of Transactions. Laurent began his career at Ernst & Young working in both Paris and Brussels.
Laurent has over 25 years of experience in the real estate industry.
Laurent graduated with a Master’s degree from EDHEC, the French business school.