LONDON, UK: GFH Financial Group Tuesday concluded an investor convention on the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London specializing in actual property alternatives in Europe and the US, the place GFH continues to expand its footprint and additional strengthen its worldwide presence and rising portfolio of diversified actual property assets.
Over the previous 24 months it has deployed nearly US$6 billion in European and US actual property as well as to having acquired majority stakes in Roebuck, SQ Asset Management (SQ) and Big Sky, main actual property operators in Europe and the US.
The occasion was attended by investors from the Middle East, Europe, the US and Asia, the convention addressed a vary of themes from present geopolitics to fiscal and financial coverage with insights from distinguished speakers, collectively with former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair. Investors additionally heard on developments and themes in logistics, healthcare and student housing from Roebuck, SQ and Big Sky. Other esteemed guests included Lord Mervyn King, Bank of England Governor (2003-2013), Dr Pippa Malmgren, previously an financial adviser to the White House now based within the UK, and Tina Fordham, founding father of Fordham Global Insight.
Today, GFH has a portfolio of nearly US$17 billion of global assets collectively with investments within the logistics actual property sector in Europe and the US collectively with assets leased to Amazon, FedEx and Michelin, amongst others. In the US and Europe, the Group has additionally constructed a rising residential and student housing portfolio.
GFH, alongside its specialist actual asset administration subsidiaries and partners, is additional rising its presence in these attractive segments of the actual property market, which in accordance to audio system on the conference, proceed to be underpinned by strong fundamentals and demand.
Mr. Hisham Alrayes, CEO of GFH, concluded, “We’re delighted to have introduced collectively our investors and actual property asset administration subsidiaries from the US and Europe right here in London as we proceed to additional construct our investments in these markets and realise the Group’s global asset administration aspirations. Despite difficult market conditions, we see strong alternatives to develop our footprint and portfolio of actual property assets in core sectors deploying the knowledge we’ve already constructed through our investments and alongside companions with deep specialist and native market expertise in logistics, healthcare and residential actual estate. We have continued to go from strength to strength figuring out and shutting transactions that match our thematic funding standards and in line with rising demand from our investors for entry to those downturn resilient and well performing sectors. We have a strong pipeline of alternatives that we’re exploring in Europe and the US along with looking to purchase different specialist asset managers that may assist speed up our growth, additional construct our capabilities and maximise the efficiency of our existing assets. We additionally look ahead to creating this convention an annual occasion for our investors to share market insights and compelling opportunities.”