Jeremy Stewardson is executive director of the Asian Association for Investors in Non-listed Real Estate Vehicles (ANREV). In November 2011, ANREV held its annual conference in Singapore, where findings were first presented from the organization’s development of the first Asian property fund index. Alex Eidlin, managing director – Asia Pacific for Institutional Real Estate, Inc., spoke with Stewardson not long after the conclusion of the event to discuss ANREV’s purpose, the conference and what the new Asian Index will mean for investors.

What is ANREV’s Mission?

We are an independent, not-forprofit industry association for institutional investors in unlisted property funds. Institutional investors basically drive our strategy and form our agenda. The fund managers and the service providers that make up the rest of our membership support and implement the goals that these investo