Participants in the 2011 Editorial Advisory Board meeting of The Institutional Real Estate Letter – Asia Pacific had experienced an active investment year during 2011, with a number of investors continuing, starting or planning global real estate investment mandates. Whether investing at home, cross-border or overseas, however, investors and advisers on the board were still grappling with the best strategies to use and issues related to assessing investment risk as they sought to generate needed returns.

The fourth annual Editorial Advisory Board meeting of The Institutional Real Estate Letter – Asia Pacific was held at the beginning of September 2011 in Seoul. Institutional property investors, investment managers and consultants met to discuss ongoing concerns, how they have been moving forward, and current investment strategies and opportunities.

As with our previous board meetings, there was a real sense that participants were learning