Melville Rodrigues

Head of Real Estate Advisory @ApexGlobalGroup & Partner at Melville Rodrigues Consulting LLP

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We must level up the agenda, so UK SME real estate fund and asset managers can compete fairly. Remove barriers, make it easier for them to play a crucial role in boosting growth – and unleash their entrepreneurial potential. Gratef…https://t.co/I2dAWpA6yW https://t.co/iPCYBkFenH

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SFDR has laudable aims. Constructive engagement between regulators and market stakeholders is key to achieving successful SFDR real estate regulation.   Wonderful working with, and an immense thanks to, Abigail Dean @_thegreenwitch…https://t.co/J9njAfdL7q https://t.co/6wTiCfhrU9

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An important gap in the UK’s fund offering will be plugged by the government proceeding with a legislative framework proposed in its 27 April 2023 consultation on the reserved investor fund (RIF). A whole spectrum of managers, from…https://t.co/QoGUQbPziL https://t.co/l6No2bdWz9

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Thanks to Richard Lowe for this terrific coverage: : the UK government consulting on creation of ‘reserved investor fund’ or RIF and for supporting remarks from Paul Richards & Jeff Rupp. As I state “The RIF enhances the UK’s stat…https://t.co/tEWJTBeOsm https://t.co/gHwCnJT0nI

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Welcomed UK government consultation on the Reserved Investor Fund

An immense thanks to government today for consulting on the introduction of an unauthorised co-ownership contractual scheme, referred to in the consultation docume…https://t.co/Kl5PkSyFKH https://t.co/zy9FpC0sWs

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Building on the welcomed pragmatism that is now influencing UK-EU relations, I suggest that UK and EU regulators and governments should consider facilitating UK asset managers being entitled to access EEA investors.
Access to new…https://t.co/Fz9VDACtgc https://t.co/OjAitrwTIF

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We need thought-leadership on ESG real estate metrics that will be consistent, robust, transparent, quantifiable and objective for (i) our real estate sector as a whole (including fund and asset managers, institutional investors, o…https://t.co/j0BOnDoXw9 https://t.co/Jm6B4UU9DA

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Thanks to Richard Lowe Investment & Pensions Europe (IPE) Real Assets for highlighting my lead role in campaigning for the PIF. It’s wonderful that the UK Government is progressing with the PIF legislation.
I’m grateful to numerou…https://t.co/GWBC0injoj https://t.co/AeDUX9tfbK

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“An ESG-regulatory game-changer for UK fund managers and their investors” is my description of today's FCA's SDR Consultation Paper: . Thanks to Investment & Pensions Europe (IPE) Real Assets Richard Lowe for quoting me in this coverage. https://t.co/Jc8MYDckVN

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Inspired to have experienced the Lying-in-State queue, and privileged to pay respect to our late Queen. Immense gratitude to police, volunteers & others involved as queue organisers.
Commendable that my queue participants at the Southwark Park start to t…https://t.co/s3tc76MQXA

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This article hopefully progresses the UK DC alternatives debate. Thanks to Investment & Pensions Europe (IPE) for the coverage. 

I have looked to provide a holistic analysis: encouraging DC schemes to progress indirect alternativ…https://t.co/2ttv6HWJ5M https://t.co/DgTa5FNkva

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The choice between Luxembourg or the UK? In view of treaty change and the UK funds regime review, UK managers should reconsider the future of their real estate fund jurisdictions. Investment & Pensions Europe (IPE) Real Estate than…https://t.co/QQiiPULRnv https://t.co/oyKf7OvHsi

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BREAKING: #LFC have made an offer for Kylian Mbappe.

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The UK government’s endorses a new type of fund structure – an unauthorised contractual scheme – aimed at professional investors. As key architect and lead advocate of this fund structure, I very much welcome the government's endo…https://t.co/nU088CUAfR https://t.co/cq2gL0QXhc

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Investment & Pensions Europe (IPE), thanks for this coverage: I advocate reform could free up UK insurers to meet levelling-up ambitions https://t.co/ymsATpQr2S

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Will UK alternative fund managers operating asset holding companies (AHCs) in the EU repatriate their AHCs to the UK? Thanks to Investment & Pensions Europe (IPE) for covering my reflections:

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Thanks to AREF Info British Property Federation INREV for leading this external valuer liability reform initiative relating to real estate & other alternative funds: an initiative which RICS has helpfully supported as well. Hope th…https://t.co/RtwzE87ud7 https://t.co/34AfZorMiO

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Many fund managers are asking what would be involved with operating a UK long term asset fund (LTAF), given The Chancellor’s commitment to enable the first LTAF to be up and running in 2021 and this month’s FCA LTAF consultation. H…https://t.co/339iQWmGWe https://t.co/3CZBp2yU9a

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@AREF_News @ocorian Delighted for @ocorian to have received the AREF 2020 Affiliate Award!