The Association has made a small number of awards since 2011 to recognise achievement and contribution, by our members and others who support the work of AREF.
The awards are presented at the AREF Annual Dinner each year. To view photos from past Annual Dinners, click here.
To find out more information, including the purpose, selection criteria, selection process and previous winners, click on the awards below:
Investor Award for Outstanding Achievement
Members are invited to nominate their fund by stating, in no more than 500 words, how their fund excels and why it should be considered for this award. There are three areas to focus on for the award this year:
- Governance (candidates should consider more than the AREF Code of Practice);
- Environmental & Social Impact; and
- Investor Communication.
Performance Award: 5-year, risk adjusted, relative return
Independently calculated by MSCI, this award is for the Fund that has produced the best risk-adjusted return over a 5-year period to the end of the second quarter, relative to the MSCI/IPD UK Quarterly Property Fund Index (UK PFI).
Previous winners include:
2018: L&G's Industrial Property Investment Fund
2017: AEW Core Property Fund
2016: Schroders West End of London Property Unit Trust (WELPUT)
2015: Schroders West End of London Property Unit Trust (WELPUT)
2014: Schroders West End of London Property Unit Trust (WELPUT)
2013: Henderson Central London Office Fund
2012: Henderson Central London Office Fund
2011: Joint winners: COIF Property Fund & The Lend Lease Retail Partnership
Performance Award: 5-year, risk-adjusted, absolute return
To recognise an increasing cohort of Funds that participate in the UK PFI but have a return objective that is independent of it. Again independently calculated by MSCI, this award is for the Fund that has produced the best risk-adjusted return over a 5-year period to the end of the second quarter, in absolute terms.
Previous winners include:
2018: L&G's LPI Income Property Fund
2017: L&G's LPI Income Property Fund
2016: The M&G Secured Property Income Fund
2015: Standard Life Investments Long Lease Property Fund
2014: The M&G Secured Property Income Fund
2013: PGIM UK Ground Lease Fund
Affiliate of the Year Award
This award recognises the invaluable support many of our Affiliate member firms provide to the association in a variety of ways. Although this is often manifest through the efforts of one or two individuals, the award is to the firm as a whole, recognising the background support that the individual representatives can draw on. The award is judged on a number of measures, such as significant activity in a key area, hosting of events, or consistent contribution to our affairs over a long period. The selection of nominees and winner is done with input from our Management Committee, the Chairs of specialist committees and working groups, and from our Secretariat.
Previous winners include:
2018: Browne Jacobson (other nominees included: Eversheds Sutherland, Vistra, CMS)
2017: Intertrust (other nominees included: CMS, Osbourne Clark, Browne Jacobson)
2016: CBRE (other nominees included: CMS, Eversheds, Hogan Lovells)
2015: Eversheds (other nominees included: Hogan Lovells, Mourant Ozannes, Nabarro)
2014: KPMG (other nominees included: CBRE, Nabarro, Willis)
2013: Nabarro (other nominees included: Berwin Leigton Paisner, Deloitte, PwC)
2012: Eversheds (other nominees included: Berwin Leighton Paisner, Hogan Lovells, Nabarro)
2011: Ogier (other nominees included: Bovill, Eversheds, Nabarro)
Oustanding Individual Contribution Award
This is a discretionary award, decided by the Board, which is not necessarily made each year, but is awarded to an individual who has gone the extra mile in terms of their personal involvement in our affairs and their commitment to the evolution of the association and the industry.
Previous winners include:
2018: Joint winners: Will Chetwood, Aviva & Melville Rodrigues, Charles Russell Speechlys
2017: John Forbes, John Forbes Consulting LLP
2016: No award given
2015: Paul Edwards, Legal & General
2014: Anthony Shayle, UBS
2013: Jenny Buck, Tesco Pension Investment Ltd
2012: Jenny Pidgeon, TIAA Henderson Global Investors
For further information on the AREF Awards please email: [email protected].