Rutgers real estate conference will address how geopolitical uncertainties impact the decisions of institutional investors in the allocation of capital to real estate

Center for Real Estate at Rutgers will host leading thought leaders, including Kenneth Caplan, senior managing director and global chief investment officer for real estate at Blackstone, and Julia Coronado, founder of Macro Policy Perspectives.

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May 01, 2017, 10:35 ET

NEWARK, N.J., May 1, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Center for Real Estate at Rutgers Business School will host a conference on June 13 to examine how some of the major issues and shifts in policy will affect the allocation of capital to real estate around the world.

Kenneth Caplan, senior managing director and global chief investment officer for real estate at Blackstone, will offer his insights during a keynote speech at the event. He will be followed by two panels comprised of senior investment professionals from regional and national platforms who will provide their perspectives on the topic.

Professionals in real estate are invited to attend Where Will the Money Go? The Allocation of Capital to Real Estate in Global, National and Local Markets to gain more understanding of how economic and political uncertainty in different parts of the world may impact the real estate industry.

The keynote speaker, Kenneth Caplan, has been involved in more than $100 billion of real estate acquisitions and initiatives in the U.S., Europe and Asia since joining Blackstone in 1997. In addition to Caplan's expertise, Julia Coronado, president and founder of Macro Policy Perspectives, and a blogger for the Center for Real Estate, will deliver a presentation explaining the changing global economic conditions.

Kevin Riordan, executive director of the Center for Real Estate will moderate a panel consisting of Todd Everett, senior managing director, Principal Real Estate; Mark Wilsmann, managing director, MetLife Real Estate and Kevin Smith, managing director and Head of the Americas, PGIM Real Estate.

A second panel will provide the regional perspective from Kevin Cummings, president and CEO of Investors Bancorp, Inc.; Anthony Labozzetta, CEO of Sussex Bancorp; Chris Martin, chairman, president and CEO, Provident Bank; and Paula Mandell, senior vice president, M&T Bank Corp. The discussion will be moderated by Professor Morris Davis, academic director for the Center for Real Estate.

"There is unprecedented turmoil in China and in Europe, and the political and economic situation in the U.S. is very unsettled," Davis said. "These developments have added both downside and upside risk to yields and pricing for real estate. For this reason, the allocation and availability of capital right now is the single most important thing we can talk about with our advisory board, our emerging leaders and the real estate industry in New Jersey."

"We are honored to have some of the most influential international, national and local decision-makers discuss these topics with us," Morris said. "This is a must-see event."

The conference will be held at the Short Hills Hilton on Tuesday, June 13, from 7:30 a.m. until noon. Early bird registration is underway for $195.00. Register here: http://bit.ly/2opw5TT

About The Center for Real Estate at Rutgers Business School

The Center for Real Estate at Rutgers Business School was established in 2014 as a progressive academic program positioned to transform and inspire the next generation of real estate leaders. The Center's Advisory Board is comprised of the most knowledgeable and successful real estate professionals, in both academic study and in real world practice, and is dedicated to creating and cultivating a collaborative community of industry thought leaders. The Center for Real Estate is establishing and pioneering cross-disciplinary programs around two fundamental real estate challenges – supply chain/industrial real estate and public policy/urban redevelopment – in collaboration with established and renowned Centers already in place at Rutgers University.

About Rutgers Business School

Rutgers Business School–Newark and New Brunswick is an integral part of one of the nation's oldest, largest, and most distinguished institutions of higher learning: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, founded 1766. Today, Rutgers Business School is educating more than 6,500 undergraduate and graduate students at two main campuses in New Jersey as well as satellite locations in Jersey City, Madison, and Singapore. Rutgers has been recognized as providing one of the best return-on-investments in the country for undergraduate students in both Newark (Washington Monthly) and New Brunswick (The Economist). Rutgers MBA program is ranked #7 for the employment rate of its graduates three months after graduation and it was ranked the #39 Part-Time MBA program nationwide according to U.S. News & World Report. The Rutgers Executive MBA program is also highly ranked globally by the Financial Times, Bloomberg Businessweek and Wall Street Journal. Established in 1929 and accredited continuously since 1941 by AACSB International, Rutgers Business School is supported by a network of more than 40,000 alumni.

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