Joe Azelbyjoined UBS Asset Management as Head of Real Estate & Private Markets (REPM) in March 2019. In this role he is responsible for the combined real estate, infrastructure and private equity asset management businesses that invest directly into real assets, unlisted funds, listed real estate securities as well as multi-manager solutions globally.
Joe is a member of the UBS Asset Management Executive Committee.
Joe was the CEO of JP Morgan’s Global Real Assets Investment Group from 1998-2017. He led the transformation of their US real estate investment business into a leading, global real assets platform spanning private and public real estate, infrastructure and maritime/transport investments across the US, Europe, Asia and Australia.
The Global Real Assets Group had 500 investment professionals managing over USD 90 billion in assets spanning office buildings, shopping malls, apartments, warehouses, airports, toll roads, hospitals, wind farms, solar fields, water, gas and electric utilities and other operating assets.
In 2012, Joe conceptualized and co-authored “The Realization” white paper that correctly predicted and explained the increasing allocations to real asset investments.
Prior to joining UBS Asset Management, Joe spent fourteen months at Apollo Global Management as Senior Partner and Head of Real Assets and a member of the firm’s management committee. During his tenure he reshaped Apollo’s real estate organization and explored both investment and platform opportunities in the infrastructure and agriculture sectors.
Tue Apr 09
4:00 PM — 5:00 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time
New York Hilton Midtown - Level 2, Sutton South
Category
Trends
The past few years have brought into sharp focus the scale and breadth of the interconnecting challenges we face. Economic pressures, climate change, a generational shift in work habits, and more are challenging real estate leaders in unprecedented ways. It can be hard to know where to focus your energy and resources first. What's clear is that unique challenges require innovative solutions. Join Gensler's co-CEO Jordan Goldstein, managing principal Joe Brancato, and a panel of real estate leaders from the work, lifestyle, and cities sectors as they help you reveal the signal within all the noise.
Diving into Gensler's renowned Design Forecast publication, this session will be rich with the latest trends in design for the built environment together with actionable advice and new ideas that you and your teams need to be paying attention to now and in the year ahead.