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CREFC’s Global Footprint
This year, CREFC has taken several important steps in advancing it’s Global Mission:
“To promote the strength and liquidity of commercial real estate finance worldwide”.
In executing on its mission, CREFC’s objective is to bring its value propositions to the global
marketplace in a coordinated and collaborative way. CREFC is seeking to accomplish this through:
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Establishing the CREFC brand through participation in global conferences;
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Collaborative execution with our CREFC affiliates in Europe and Japan;
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The production of global commercial real estate finance conferences and events; and,
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The establishment of global CREFC chapters in re-emerging markets.
This past March,
CREFC was featured at the 2015 MIPIM World Property Market
Conference in Cannes, France. CREFC was invited to produce one of MIPIM’s highest
profiled panels on the topic of the global commercial real estate markets. The panel
included speakers from two CREFC member companies as well as speakers from
European firms.
In May,
CREFC produced and executed a highly successful investor conference by
leading a delegation of representatives from CREFC member companies to Tokyo, Japan.
There, CREFC hosted conference presentations for Asian investors interested in U.S.
commercial mortgage debt products.
In September,
CREFC expanded its global presence with the official inception of the
CREFC Canada Chapter. The Toronto based Chapter is headed by members from Royal
Bank of Canada (RBC), Institutional Mortgage Capital (IMC), CMLS Financial, and
Manulife Financial. CREFC Canada will provide Canada’s commercial real estate finance
industry participants with conference programming, industry best practices, education
initiatives and connectivity with global industry members.
In December,
CREFC will moderate a panel on global commercial real estate in
Hong Kong, profiling two CREFC member companies. Of the expected 900 attendees,
a significant percentage will be investors from Asia.
CREFC is well positioned to take on a leadership role in the global
marketplace. As CREFC continues to execute on its Global Mission,
its newly formed Global Steering Committee will provide strategic
input and direction on its 2016 initiatives and events.
CREFC Global Steering Committee:
Faisal Asfraf,
Managing Director,
CCRE
Todd Everett,
Managing Director & Head of Real
Estate Fixed Income,
Principal Global Investors
Jeff Fastov,
Senior Principal, Credit Strategies,
Square Mile Capital Management, LLC
Greg Michaud,
Managing Director, Head of Real
Estate Finance,
Voya Investment Management
David Nass,
Managing Director, Co-Head Real Estate
Finance,
UBS Investment Bank
Paul Vanderslice,
Managing Director,
Citigroup
Global Markets
For more information about CREFC’s global efforts,
please contact :
Stacy Stathopoulos,
Executive Vice President
CRE Finance Council
202.448.0852 (direct)
202.413.1395 (mobile)
sstathopoulos@crefc.org