About

PropertyMatch is a unique joint venture between CBRE and GFI. Fusing CBRE’s industry leading Property market knowledge, with the brokerage and settlement expertise of GFI, a globally renowned financial intermediary.

Through the use of traditional voice brokerage methodology and the unique PropertyMatch online pricing platform, we strive to bring transparency and liquidity to the unlisted Real Estate fund market. Ensuring the best possible transactional and settlement outcomes for our clients.

Independent

No conflict of interest with fund management or obligations to individual funds

Best Execution

Bringing financial market practices into the real estate space and providing the best market pricing available

Low Fees

Low transactions cost split between buyer and seller

Anonymity

Discreet process maintained with names only revealed at the point of execution

Assisted Settlement

Co-ordination of all documentation and payments to ensure a timely and efficient settlement of trades

Transparency & Liquidity

Interactive trading screen providing price transparency and instantaneous distribution to over 1,100 investors

Historic Information

All trades published through the platform, providing full trade history

Proactive Brokering

– Constant dialogue with investors
– Working orders
– Analysis of funds
– Portfolio sales
– Single asset mandates
– Auctions / Reverse Auctions

Valuation Tools

Providing mark-to-market values for over 180 funds

PropertyMatch, working under the CBREIIS entity is regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority to arrange secondary transactions and to promote in EMEA. CBRE has other regulated businesses in all major financial markets with dedicated secondary teams. Global promotions are run in co-operation with these teams and in compliance with local regulation.

The Property Match Team

Michael Levi

Head of PropertyMatch Desk

Michael has worked at CBRE since 2005 as part of the GFI Joint venture both in respect of Property Derivatives and PropertyMatch.

Michael has over 30 years in managing and developing illiquid assets and has previously been
involved in trading commodities, where he set up the commodities division at GFI working specifically as Head of Energy as well as Coal and Shipping.

Paul Robinson

Executive Director

Paul has been at CBRE for 35 years and has traded real estate secondaries since the late 1990’s. Paul has previously been involved in Property Derivatives, Equity Placement and investment property sale and acquisitions.

Ben Hyam

Senior Broker

Ben is a senior broker with over 25 years’ experience trading and broking various commodities including Electricity, Fixed Income, Equities and Oil. He was also responsible for setting up and running the Electricity trading desk at GFI.

For 15 years Ben has been instrumental in developing the secondary market for indirect property Funds at CBRE.

Sam Whitham

Broker

Sam is a broker on the PropertyMatch team, arranging secondary market deals in unlisted funds in the UK & Europe.

Sam joined the team in 2010 and has been influential in the development of the PropertyMatch platform, helping to establish standard trading procedures and the structuring of deals.

Zehra Nevzat

PropertyMatch Settlements

Zehra worked at GFI for more than a year on the power desk as broker support before moving to PropertyMatch in September 2015.

Now at PropertyMatch, Zehra works closely with counterparties and shadows the settlement process from start to finish.

Kathie Richards

PA

Kathie has worked at CBRE for over ten years. As the PA for the Propertymatch desk Kathie is responsible for the brokerage invoicing.

Contact the PropertyMatch Desk

+44 (0) 20 7422 1171

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