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MONDAY 17 OCTOBER

8:15am Registration
9:00am Official Welcome & Opening Address
Dinesh Pillutla, Managing Director, PIR
9:15am Forum chairman address
Dr. Frank Gelber, Chief Economist, Director of Property, BIS Shrapnel
9:30am Plenary 1:
The macro-economic backdrop and implications for the property sector.
Dr. Frank Gelber, Chief Economist, Director of Property, BIS Shrapnel
9:55am Plenary 2:
Riding the property wave post the GFC – Exploring key themes, products, and investor attitudes.
Bill Moss AM, Chairman, Moss Capital
10:30am

Morning Break

Theme: The case for investing in A-REITs in a post GFC world
10:50am Plenary 3:
Risky as general equities, low distribution yields, and trading at a discount to book-value. Drivers that will improve sentiment and inflows?
Ross McGlade, Director and Portfolio Manager, RREEF
11:15am Plenary 4:
Attracting new capital post the ‘stay local’ strategy and what are the expectations?
Tim Church, Executive Director - Property, UBS
11:40am Plenary 5:
Understanding the capital stack and exploring non-bank debt initiatives.
Michael Wood, Senior Vice President, Quadrant Real Estate
12:05pm Panel discussion:
Moderator: Dinesh Pillutla, Managing Director, PIR
Panelists: Ross McGlade, Tim Church, Michael Wood joined by
Mark Ferguson, Director – Portfolio Manager, AMP Capital Brookfield
Bill Halmarick , Head of Property Equity and Advisory, Wholesale Banking - NAB
12:30pm

Lunch

2:00pm Plenary 6:
Banks perspective on commercial property and property exposure in general – Where are we at in the funding cycle and what is the banks appetite for commercial property funding?
Matthew Lawrence, State Director - Institutional Banking, ANZ Bank
2:25pm Plenary 7:
An insolvency practioneers view of the world.
Paul Mirams, Partner, Korda Mentha
2:50pm Plenary 8:
A valuers perspective of property in a post GFC world.
API representative - Greg Preston
3:05pm Plenary 9:
The regulatory environment relating to property and FOFA reforms.
Rodney Stone, Partner, Baker and Mackenzie
3:25pm Panel Session:
Moderator: Frank Gelber
Panelists: Matthew Lawrence, Paul Mirams, Rodney Stone, Greg Preston
4:00pm Day session close
6:30pm Annual PIR Property Funds Awards dinner
After-dinner entertainment at Frasers bar

TUESDAY 18 OCTOBER

8:45am MC’s Day 1 recap and Day 2 preview
Theme: Understanding the increasing presence of large offshore investors
9:00am Plenary 10:
Outlook on Australian Commercial real estate and relativity in the region.
Kevin Stanley, Executive Director, CBRE Research
9:25am Plenary 11:
Why Australia continues to attract offshore capital despite currency headwinds?
Steve Day, APREA
9:50am Plenary 12:
Value add strategies in Australian property wholesale funds.
TBA
10:10am Panel Session:
Moderator: Frank Gelber
Panelists: Kevin Stanley, Steve Day, TBA, joined by
Steve Bulloch, Managing Director, Pramerica - Australia
10:30am

Morning Break

Theme: Unlisted retail funds in a post GFC world
10:50am Plenary 13:
Winning back the retail investor - what needs to be done and how.
Rob McGregor, Association of Independent Financial Planners
11:00am Plenary 14:
Winning back confidence – How are product manufacturers approaching this issue?
Rob Raynor. Director, CorVal Partners
11:25am Plenary 15:
Winning back the retail investor – A perspective from the financial planning world.
Jane Williams, Director - Senior Investment Analyst, Managed Funds and Structured Investments, BT Financial Group
11:50am Panel Session:
Moderator: Dinesh Pillutla
Panelists: Rob McGregor, Rob Raynor, and Jane Williams joined by
Jason Huljich, CEO, Centuria Funds Management
12:25pm Conclusions and key takeaways from the conference
Moderator: Dinesh Pillutla
Affirmative (a): organised from list of delegates
Affirmative (b): organised from list of delegates
Negative (a): organised from list of delegates
Negative (b): organised from list of delegates
CONCLUDING COMMENTS – MC
Including thank yous
1:00pm

Closing Lunch