Nick Brown, M&G Real Estate

Nick Brown Nick has global responsibility for the finances of the M&G Real Estate business in the UK, Europe and Asia. He joined M&G Real Estate in 2014 and has 25 years of experience in finance and the built environment. Most recently, Nick held interim roles as Chief Financial Officer at Value Chain Lab Ltd and Head of Financial Planning at Wellcome Trust in London. He has also spent a number of years at Ernst and Young, including heading the Real Estate Due Diligence team. Nick is a Chartered Accountant and holds a degree in civil engineering.

Session I - Does Luxembourg work from a Product Design perspective?

  • Overview of Luxembourg vehicles and ability of Lux toolkit to have a large reach
  • The trends around Open and closed ended funds
  • RAIF vs SIF vs simple AIF

Session II - Does Luxembourg work from an Operations perspective?

  • AIFM (own vs 3rd party models in practice)
  • Substance/headcount /Valuation/ Feedback from regulator visits
  • Efficiencies in administration and technology

Session III - Does Luxembourg work from a Marketing/distribution perspective?

  • Overview of common distribution models
  • Capital raising trends and marketing strategies post Brexit
  • Different solutions and impact into marketing/distribution strategy

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