GMD Investors Club is a platform for free exchanges between decision-makers and leading players of the finance and development market. Investors Club was established in 2008 by the Guild of Property Managers and Developers supported by the Government of St. Petersburg. Members of the club are financial institutions (banks, investment companies and private investors), decision-makers (heads of regional and city administrations, CEOs of large companies).

September 4, 2008: the Investors Club Project was launched at PROEstate 2008. It had its first networking meeting in the Marble Palace of St. Petersburg within the program of PROEstate Forum. Exquisite atmosphere of the XVIII c. palace encouraged informal discussion and free exchange of opinions between Russian and Western representatives of banks, investment funds, heads of regions and CEOs of large companies. Participants agreed to continue the Investors Club series and bring future discussions to more concrete subjects of mutual interest.

December 2008 - January 2009: the Guild worked out the Investors Club concept and action plan. Sergey Igonin became the leader of GMD Investors Club project.

11 March, 2009: Investors Club had its first session in the Palais des Festivals of Cannes. Held within the program of MIPIM, it attracted representatives of leading financial institutions and companies of Russia and Western Europe: VTB Bank, Gazpromipoteka, Renova Stroy Group, Euro Hypo, Pramerica RE Investors, DEGI and Aberdeen Property Investors, Europolis, ECE, World Cargo Center and many others. Theme of the discussion “Investment Market Russia - Experiences and Expectations’ generated heated discussions, which brought a better understanding of problems and ways of their solution for Russian and Western investors and developers. More detailed information on the Cannes session.

05 June 2009: Russian Investors Club members met at St. Petersburg Economic Forum (PEF). Focus of the discussion was on strategic investment priorities for Russian cities. More detailed information on the PEF session.

17 June, 2009: Investors Club had its session in Bonn, Germany. Russian and Western members of Investors Club continued the constructive dialogue. The Russian side brought project proposals to the judgment of Western investment funds to continue the dialogue on projects and assets attractive ‘in any weather’. More detailed information on the Bonn session.

3-5 September 2009, PROEstate Forum in St. Petersburg: members of Investors Club were invited to a program, which included evening events and panel discussions on Russia in the international perspective in the context of the market and investment challenges. More information about the PROEstate Investors Club session

3 December 2009, London. The Investors Club session attended by Russian and international financial organizations and companies was held in one of the high-rise buildings of the Canary Wharf. It discussed the perspectives of post-crisis development and its funding.  More information about the London session


17 March 2010, Cannes, France. The session called “First Swallows Do make Summer” focused on successes and pitfalls of real estate projects started and continued during the period of market uncertainty. More information about the 2nd Cannes Session.

17 June 2010, Investors Club at St. Petersburg Economic Forum. A closed meeting of CEOs of Russian financial groups, VTB Bank, large construction and development companies was held at St. Petersburg Economic Forum in the Len Expo premises. Its participants discussed the schemes of funding, which have been working at the challenging period of 2009 - 2010, efficient investment management schemes and “fundable” projects of today and tomorrow.

8 September 2010. The Investors Club program at PROEstate, St. Petersburg included panel discussion “International and Russian investors: on the thin ice” and a match-making session, which presented urban development projects of different cities and sizes. More information about PROEstate events

5 October 2010, Munich. Investment talk was held within the St. Petersburg program at Expo Real. In a free discussion international investors shared their wishes on improvements of the city’s strategies aimed at attracting investment.  Berlin and St. Petersburg authorities told about the new tools to attract investors and support their activities.
 

8 March 2011, Cannes. Held under the slogan “Russia: invest in best” discussions concentrated on the current image of Russian investment projects, trends and solutions, which can transform it and contribute to the realization of still unrevealed ‘huge investment potential of the country”. The panel gathered international investors and developers conducting large-scale projects in Russia. A distinguishing feature of the third Cannes session was the presence of an ‘institutional project owner’, it was the Mayor of Krasnodar who presented the city’s investment opportunities. More information on Cannes 2011 Session.


For more info please contact:
Tatiana Talalaeva
Deputy director for external relations
Guild of Property Managers and Developers
Tel.: +7 (812) 640-60-70, 337-50-00
Fax: +7 (812) 640-61-70
e-mail: international@proestate.ru

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