This is a sustainability case study on improving building energy efficiency. It was a partnership between GPT, the manager of 800-808 Bourke Street, Melbourne and its tenant, National Australia Bank (NAB). The programme commenced in 2012 and the building has since cut its energy use by 29 per cent.

In this issue, we have included: 

Lastly, we would like to thank our working group who helped putting together the Newsletter.

For details of this working group, please click here

This is the first fund termination study done by ANREV. The survey intend to examine the options fund managers consider as the termination date of their fund approaches. The survey covers funds that are due to terminate in the coming two years together with funds that have been liquidated previously. We received participation from 35 funds managers about 52 non listed funds in Asia Pacific with a combined gross asset value (GAV) of US$17.2 billion.

We are pleased to present the first product of our Global Standards Steering Committee, and to update members on three global projects.

The NCREIF PREA Reporting Standards and INREV Guidelines: Broad Comparison 2015, highlights the most important differences between the INREV Guidelines that we endorse in Asia Pacific and the NCREIF PREA Reporting Standards and proposes steps to bring them into closer alignment. The report is based on a study prepared by Deloitte NL and focuses on five areas of convergence: definitions, fees and expense ratios, reporting, valuation, and NAV and fair value accounting. Two projects are currently underway to take the next step towards global reporting standards in these areas of convergence.

The Global Definitions Project strives to develop a common glossary of terms – an essential component of any converged standard.  A taskforce has been assembled and milestones are being established. This project will be on-going throughout the conversion process.

The Fee and Expense Project is converging the NCREIF PREA Reporting Standards Real Estate Fees and Expenses Ratio (REFER) with the INREV Total Expense Ratio (TER) to create a single global standard – a critical component to understand manager performance for a fund or vehicle. A taskforce has been assembled and has commenced work.  We anticipate substantial completion of the Fee and Expense Project for use in the Management Fees Term Study: A Global Comparison Study that will be published by ANREV, INREV and PREA in 2016

The Reporting Project will harmonise qualitative and related quantitative reporting elements globally.  We are currently seeking volunteers to form the third project.

The Global Standards Steering Committee was established in early 2015 as a collaboration between ANREV, INREV, NCREIF and PREA to jointly develop a global set of information reporting and disclosure standards, on a non-exclusive basis, which apply and are relevant to the private/non-listed real estate vehicle industry in order to support efficiency and best practice as well as the flow of capital in this industry sector. For further information about any of our projects or if you are interested in participating, please contact Amelie Delaunay, ANREV Director of Research and Professional Standards.

This is the third year that ANREV is partnering with GRESB to publish a Sustainability report, as part of ANREV’s commitment to support its members to improve their sustainability efforts.

This report focuses on sustainability performance of ANREV members. The number of ANREV participants continued to increase and reached 76 vehicles this year with an aggregate gross asset value of USD104 billion. ANREV members account for 78% of the survey sample of non listed industry participants.

ANREV members continue to perform well above the overall GRESB average score and show an improvement compared to the results in 2014. In 2015, ANREV participants obtain an average score of 58 compared with the global average of 55 and the 2014 result of 54.As a result, ANREV members on average progressed in the GRESB Four Quadrant Model from Green Walk to Green Star.

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This is the third annual review of best practice reporting published between PwC and ANREV.

As anticipated last year, compliance levels are growing back towards the levels established with the “old” Guidelines, with headline compliance moving up from 57% last year to 68% this year.

Key highlights of the review this year:

• Work in progress to comply with revised INREV Guidelines as managers are keen to achieve a high level of compliance
•  Investments in technology with the use of online investor reporting portals
• Fund managers are putting more importance and effort in ESG reporting

As part of the 2015 review, private feedback, through interviews and calls, were organised with the 28 participating fund managers, covering all 47 respondent funds.

We would like to extend our sincere thanks to all who shared their valuable time and expertise during this project. 

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