The Real Estate Finance Forum is back, and we’re delighted to invite you to our official ‘relaunch’ event at Newmark. We have an exceptionally strong panel of senior industry leaders who will discuss their thoughts on the crucial theme of Global Capital and current trends in real estate investing. Please join us for breakfast and networking from 7.45am, with the panel starting at 8.30am.
Panellists:
Charles Allen – Head of European Real Estate, Fiera Real Estate
Charles was appointed Fiera’s Head of European Real Estate in 2022. He has responsibility for managing the European Real Estate team and the successful execution of its business strategy. As part of this remit, Charles’ team manages both Real Estate Equity strategies across Core, Value Add and Opportunistic, as well as Debt strategies, including Senior and Mezzanine. He is a global board member at Fiera Real Estate and also chairs Fiera Real Estate’s European Investment Committee. In addition, he sits on the board for nine individual leading UK property development companies, providing strategic expertise and executive management to the growing businesses.
Charles joined Fiera in 2013. Prior to this, he worked in the Corporate Finance team at Ernst & Young, covering M&A, restructuring and capital raising. He also has experience at BNP Paribas Real Estate.
Charles holds an MA from the University of Edinburgh and an MSC from Oxford Brookes. He is a Qualified Chartered Surveyor.
Annemaayke Ammerlaan – Vice President, Investments, HighBrook Investors
Ms. Ammerlaan joined HighBrook in 2023 and is a Vice President focused on HighBrook’s investment activities in Europe.
Prior to HighBrook, Ms. Ammerlaan was an Associate at Castleforge on their Real Estate Private Equity team in London. She began her career at Deutsche Bank in New York.
Ms. Ammerlaan earned a bachelor’s degree in Applied Economics and Management with a double minor in Real Estate and Physics from Cornell University. She is a Dutch national.
Nick Porter – Managing Director, Real Estate – London, Blackstone
Nick Porter is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group, based in London. Since joining Blackstone in 2020, Mr. Porter has been involved with Blackstone’s asset management and transaction activities in the UK and Europe, across a variety of asset classes including logistics, data centres, residential and retail.
Before joining Blackstone, Nick was a Director at Lone Star, where he spent 9 years focused on the acquisition, financing and asset management of real estate and asset backed credit investments across Europe and Asia.
Nick received a BA (Hons) from the University of Liverpool and an MPhil from the University of Cambridge.
Sam Helfgott – Vice President, Sixth Street
Sam joined Sixth Street in 2022. He is a Vice President focusing on real estate investment across a range of asset classes and structures, predominantly in the UK. Before joining Sixth Street, Sam worked for ASG Capital Management and Bain Capital.
Sam holds an MA in Land Economy from the University of Cambridge.
MODERATOR: Leo Zielinski – Head of Capital Solutions, Newmark UK
Leo is Head of Newmark’s Capital Solutions Team, advising clients on direct portfolio trades, recapitalisations and equity raising for new programmatic joint ventures predominantly across Industrial, Self-Storage and Living Markets. Leo advises a broad range of clients including private equity, property companies, overseas investors, sovereign wealth, investment banks, institutions and private investors.
Prior to joining Newmark (formerly Gerald Eve) in 2016, Leo worked in the Drivers Jonas and Deloitte Capital Markets Teams. He is a Qualified Chartered Surveyor and holds a BSc from the University of Reading.
Global capital is restless.
As interest-rate cycles turn, geopolitics fragment markets, and currencies re-price risk, investors are asking a sharper question than ever before: is the UK still a location of choice for global capital?
This event will bring together senior voices from the real estate investment market to examine how global capital is being allocated today – and where it may flow next. We will explore whether current pricing in the UK reflects temporary dislocation, structural repricing or long-term opportunity.
The discussion will cut through headline narratives and focus on key factors driving investment decisions:
- How capital allocators in the global real estate market are viewing UK risk
- Relative value across regions, sectors and capital stacks
- Currency, interest rates and hedging considerations shaping cross-border investment
- The implications for developers, asset managers, lenders and occupiers on the ground
With this being an in-person event, spaces are limited so please book now to secure a place. We hope to see you on 15th April.
