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Talent Management
July 14-15 | Chicago
Agenda items include:
- Professional Development: Practical Applications of Executive Coaching
- Total Rewards, Part I: Employee Benefits
- Total Rewards, Part II: Base Pay, Bonus Structures & Long-Term Incentive Compensation
- The Role of HR in Guiding Organizations Through AI Transformation
- What’s on Your Mind?
Architecture, Engineering & Development
September 15-16 | Boston
Agenda items include:
- Keynote Fireside Chat
- Cutting-Edge Tech Tools for Due Diligence: Drones, 360 Image Capture, Social Media Scraping, & More
- Deep Dive Into Building Envelope Issues
- Member Case Study: Barings' Boston Multi-Phase Redevelopment
- Generative AI: Where Are We Now? Where Are We Heading?
NAREIM Highlights
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NAREIM & Ferguson Partners Release 2026 Global Management Survey Findings
Now in its 18th year, the GMS draws on responses from 79 firms spanning a wide range of strategies, sizes, and geographies, providing industry leaders with benchmarks across capital raising, financial performance, organizational structure, staffing, and governance.
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Portfolio Management: An Expanding Mandate
The modern portfolio manager remains responsible for setting investment strategy and serving as a “steady pair of hands” in difficult moments, attendees heard at NAREIM’s Portfolio Management meeting held in New York City last week.
But the role is expanding, encompassing more client interaction, reporting responsibilities, knowledge transfer, and significantly more travel than in years past.
“Part of the role is also therapist. It’s explaining that real estate is a cycle and talking folks off the ledge, both colleagues who are less seasoned and investors.”
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Beyond the Asset: How AMs Are Driving Investment Performance
The role of asset management is expanding well beyond traditional oversight responsibilities. Today’s asset managers are increasingly expected to act as strategists, operators, capital allocators, data stewards, technology advocates, and organizational connectors, as heard during NAREIM’s Asset Management Meeting held last week in New York City.
Whether the topic was expense optimization, acquisitions alignment, portfolio strategy, team structure, or technology adoption, the conversations consistently pointed to a profession that is becoming more central to investment performance than ever before.
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