[ASK2020] Is now the right time to invest in UK real estate debt?

Nuveen, the investment management arm of TIAA, is one of the world’s largest investment managers with over US$1 trillion in AUM as of 30 June 2020. Nuveen provides access to a wide range of alternative strategies such as real estate, real assets, private debt and equity, in addition to traditional equity and fixed income assets. Our heritage as a pension fund means we wholly understand investor’s challenges. We have successfully invested through market cycles for over 100 years, for both ourselves and our investment partners, and have unique capabilities in income generating strategies, alternatives and in the responsible investing space.

[Speakers' Biography]

Prior to joining Nuveen in 2013, Christian was a fund manager and co-head of commercial real estate lending at Renshaw Bay, where he established and launched its maiden CRE Debt strategy. Before this, Christian was managing director and head of commercial real estate debt capital markets at Jefferies International Limited, where he led the development of the company’s European CRE finance practice. Christian also worked at Barclays Capital where he set up its European CRE lending, securitisation, syndication and servicing platform. Christian graduated with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Columbia University and an M.B.A. from Yale University.