Oxford Real Estate Programme
Start date:
Duration:
- 5 days
Time commitment:
- Short programme
Location:
- Oxford
Cost:
- £8,500 plus accommodation (£1,200)
About the programme
Real estate makes up around 50% of the world's assets and it is crucial to the success of global economies and societies.
In the turbulent global financial markets, an understanding of real estate is vital for senior executives, investors and policy makers worldwide.
During the programme you will:
- review the latest developments, opportunities and risks in real estate investments
- gain an understanding of real estate user and capital markets
- analyse technology, urbanisation, demographics, globalisation and macroeconomic trends
- design a business case for a real estate investment and present it to potential industry funders
Participants will be from real estate companies and REITs, fund and wealth managers, family offices, banks, service providers and insurance/pension funds, endowments and sovereign wealth funds.
An introduction to the programme from Andrew Baum
Benefits
To you
- Working with Andrew Baum, a recognised academic and industry expert
- Re-evaluate your strategy for the next five years
- Share ideas as part of a qualified, senior peer group
- Lifetime membership of the Oxford Business Alumni Network
To your business
- Apply the latest industry knowledge and thinking to your real estate strategy
- See, understand and manage emerging risks and opportunities
- Build your networks in the global real estate industry
Programme outline
Day one
- How would an institutional fund build a global real estate portfolio: the NPF case
- The global economic and political environment
- Private markets and the growth of private assets
- Asset allocation strategies: how much are institutions allocating to real estate, and why
Day two
- Pricing and managing property assets: Wilson street case
- Real estate capital structure: the Dubai case
- Real estate debt: the Aldersgate case
- ESG and Investing for Impact: housing and environment
Day three
- Real Estate funds: the BioMed case
- Trends in occupier markets, co-working, Space-as-a-Service
- Real estate development and project viability
- Development risk in London mega-tower: 22 Bishopsgate case
Day four
- Real estate technology and innovation
- Megatrends: macro-economics, demographics, globalisation, geopolitics
- Considerations for international investing
- Designing a real estate fund: group work
Day five
- Designing a real estate fund: group work
- Fund presentations: pitching to investors
- Conclusions: building a global portfolio, NPF case revisited
Post-programme
Lifetime membership of the Oxford Business Alumni Network.
Class profile
- 5+ years working in real estate investments
- Senior leaders making investment decisions or advising c-suite colleagues
- Owners of large portfolios which may have mixed use assets
- Job titles including managing director, real estate developer (large scale projects), lawyer, regulator, mergers and acquisitions analyst or specialist or chief executives
- Entrepreneurs with a background in real estate
This programme is not suitable for real estate brokers or early career real estate agents.
What our alumni say
Andrew Baum is excellent and delivers the correct balance of academia and real world experience. Well worth the personal investment.
Industry expert contributors
- Lisa Cations - Global Commercial Transformation Director, IWG plc
- Yair Ginor - Director, Lipton Rogers Development
- Jimmy Jia - Venture Partner, PI Labs
- Ronen Journo - Senior Managing Director, Hines
- Alexander Notay - Placemaking and Investment Director, PfP Capital
Contact
- Clara Blackings-Pollard, Programme Consultant
- clara.blackings-pollard@sbs.ox.ac.uk