Brazil's Largest Real Estate Forum Confirms Sam Zell as Keynote Presentation

NEW YORK, July 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Latin Markets, the organizers of The Real Estate Brazil Forum, the largest investor-focused real estate forum in Brazil, has announced today that Sam Zell, Chairman of Equity Group Investments, has confirmed to deliver the keynote presentation on day one of the event.

The two-day conference will bring together 250+ investors and fund managers to the J.W. Marriott in Rio de Janeiro on October 17-18, 2012. This event will invite the largest number of international investors to discuss the opportunities for maximizing the institutional investor's profitability in the Latin American real estate markets.

Session topics to be covered at this year's event include:

• "International Institutional Investor Roundtable"
• "The Global Outlook for Real Estate Investments in 2013"
• "Brazilian Institutional Investor Allocations to Real Estate"
• "Exploring Latin America (Except-Brazil)"
• "Global Real Estate Investments for South American LPs"

This invitation-only forum will gather leading chief investment officers, senior portfolio managers, risk managers, fund managers, bankers, developers, and commercial builders, broker/dealers from the largest businesses and institutions that are actively involved in the real estate investment industry.

The speaker faculty is comprised of executives from leading institutional investors and fund managers including the largest Brazilian Pension, PREVI, and one of the most active international investors in Brazil today, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB). Some of the thought leaders who will be joining us include:

• Ricardo Jaime Behar, Head of Real Estate Investment Banking, Bradesco BBI (Brazil)
• Chris Bruneau, Executive Director, 57 Stars (U.S.)
• David Capocci, International Tax and M&A Partner, Deloitte (Luxembourg)
• Bill Cisneros, Senior Managing Director, GTIS Partners (U.S.)
• Marcello Fedak, Head of Real Estate Investment Banking, BTG Pactual (Brazil)
• Sergio Belleza Filho, Founder, Fundo Imobiliario Consultoria (Brazil)
• Felipe Hirano, Head of Fixed Income, Real Estate and Credit, BNP Paribas Wealth Management (Brazil)
• Michael Humphrey, Managing Principal, Courtland Partners (U.S.)
• Alena Kuprevich, Managing Director of Private Investments, Vanderbilt University Endowment (U.S.)
• Rodney Lake, Senior Investment Officer, George Washington University (U.S.)
• Steve LeBlanc, Former Senior Director, Teacher Retirement System of Texas (U.S.)
• Christopher Moad, Portfolio Manager | Real Estate, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (Canada)
• Natalia Marino, Investments Analyst, Integracion AFAP S.A. (Uruguay)
• John F. Tsui, Adjunct Professor, Columbia University; Managing Principal, Peninsula House (China)
• Ken Wainer, Managing Principal, VBI Real Estate (Brazil)

The complete conference agenda and details are available at http://latinmarkets.org/index.php?acao=pasta&valor=139&pg=0.

For additional conference information, or to register, contact Tatiana Rios at 212-481-1940 or e-mail [email protected].

The conference is presented by Latin Markets, a leading provider of executive education and networking events for real estate, infrastructure, private equity and hedge fund investment professionals. Latin Markets is a leading provider of specialized alternative investments information, focused on the emerging markets within Latin America. Latin Markets leading brands include the Private Equity Brazil Forum, the Hedge Fund Brazil Forum, the Latin American Investors Forum, within others. Headquartered in New York City, Latin Markets was formed in 2009. For more information, visit www.latinmarkets.org.

Contact:
Fang Yang, Marketing, Latin Markets
Phone: (212) 696-0878
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://latinmarkets.org/index.php?acao=pasta&valor=139&pg=0

SOURCE Latin Markets