THE APREA DNA, THE JOURNEY

APREA offers a distinctive global outreach and vision for the Asia Pacific real assets sector, with an aim to create value for our members through the following key focuses:

Asia Pacific Opportunities
Professional Development
Real Assets Sector
Education & Research
Advocacy

Rise Above, Reach Beyond

The story of Asia Pacific Real Assets Association (APREA) began in 2005 with a group of enthusiastic industry leaders aiming to set the tone and identify real estate trends impactful to the Asia Pacific region. With key focuses on advocacy, knowledge sharing and connecting like-minded decision-makers, APREA is well-established as a leading voice and go-to resource in the industry.

APREA has evolved to be at the forefront of securitized real assets sector and a one-of-its-kind community of change-makers where all voices are heard, deliberated, and envisioned. It offers a sophisticated platform that can effectively address key policy issues affecting real assets and capital markets, as well as decipher global intelligence for regional and local benefits. The members of APREA are tightly connected with one another, as well as with regulatory bodies and industry experts.

With the ability to swiftly adapt to the ever-changing industry landscape, APREA has built a diverse community of professional leaders and trendsetters from top publicly-held and privately-owned real assets ownership, development, and management firms. Having established a leading presence and think-tank status within the industry, our community continues to drive breakthroughs and transform the real assets sector within Asia Pacific.

From Real Estate to Real Assets

APREA's journey began with full coverage of the securitised real estate arena and primarily focused on the REIT regimes' establishment. With the dynamic transformation of the industry over the past decade, APREA has evolved to cover more grounds to serve the needs of the growing real assets sector.

Real assets include physical or tangible property that can generate passive income streams via leases, mortgages and other covenants, or by the sale of assets. Two common forms of real assets include income-producing real estate and infrastructure.

Leading the Charge

The APREA Chapters

As a professional body that genuinely represents Asia Pacific’s interests and opportunities, and at the same time understands all push and pull growth factors, the APREA regional chapters are led by profound leaders at their respective regions. APREA’s members collectively own and manage over US$5 trillion in real assets across the Asia Pacific region.

Industry Partners

APREA takes pride in its recognition as a trendsetter in both the developed and developing Asia Pacific markets. As a member of the global Real Estate Equity Securitization Alliance (REESA), APREA brings first-hand international knowledge to its well-established Asia Pacific chapters, where information is analysed and localised.

Addressing Members’ Needs

Highly-specialised in the securitised real assets sector, APREA provides essential data and insights through its global market intelligence relevant to all segments of REITs, Asset Managers, Property Managers, Banks/Trustees, Legal, Accounting & Tax Specialists, Investors, Developers, Mutual Funds and Consultants.

4 Core APREA Services

The four core APREA services together create synergy for sustainable growth of members across the region:

Advocacy through:

Sustaining effort to proactively and strategically engage with policymakers across Asia Pacific
Ensuring long-term growth of the securitised real assets sector in Asia Pacific
Promoting employment, economic growth and sustainable environment among stakeholders
Harmonising industry standards especially in reporting transparency and sustainability

Education and Research through:

Sharing of data and statistics and trailblazing and insightful research exclusively to members
Actively-engaging members on expertise comments and benchmark setting
Updating of latest rules and regulations, industry news and position papers across Asia Pacific
Sharing of proprietary APREA Indices that are only available to members

Professional Development / Advancement through:

Offering courses by the APREA Real Assets Academy jointly organised with top member universities and industry experts across Asia Pacific

Investor Outreach through:

Building effective Investor Outreach programs tailored to serve members’ needs
Improving visibility of members both digitally and physically all year-round
Building a network that fosters deal-making and success

CONNECTIONS

APREA prides itself in establishing connections with industry leaders across Asia Pacific who are investors, investment and asset managers, developers, REIT managers, pension, insurance and sovereign wealth funds, family office platforms, and service providers, all part of the securitised real assets ecosystem.

TRANSPARENCY

APREA provides its members with access to cutting-edge thought leadership, reliable benchmark metrics and industry best practices. Transparency in turn supports compliance and innovation which ultimately drives industry growth.

SUSTAINABILITY

APREA is committed to promoting good environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices in the real assets landscape. There is no one-size-fits-all approach but in APREA, it is about making research, data and insights, and best practices available to all of the members that will help them in their ESG journey.

DIVERSITY

APREA represents over hundreds of corporations across the world from the real assets sector. APREA fosters a culture where diversity and inclusion as well as collaboration and mutual respect are integrated into its four core service pillars.

Vision

APREA strives to be the leading advocate for the real assets sector.

Mission

Our mission is to promote growth in the real assets sector by being the voice of our members in all policy matters, providing access to industry-advancing research and insights and connecting members to business opportunities.

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Driving the Future of Real Assets