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conference details

Conference:

Day 1

23rd Nov 8.50am - 5:30pm

Day 2

24th Nov 8.50am - 5:30pm

Master Classes:
Sunday 22nd Nov

KMPG - Making your investments sweat - driving value from portfolio companies

Wednesday 24 Nov

BDO Corporate Finance & Lawrence Graham - The challenges of restructuring & re-financing in the current market

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Private Equity World Awards, MENA 2009

Important dates

Submit all nominations: 30th September 2009

Shortlists announced:
October 2009

Gala awards evening:
23rd November 2009

Nominations can be put forward for a series of categories depending on the meeting of category criteria.

Categories

Deal of the year

Professional services firm of the year

Best fund raising of the year

Best new private equity fund

Best private equity house

Best venture capital fund

Special merit award

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The awards evening will be one of spectacular entertainment, food, networking and a whole lot of fun. You will not want to miss it!
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Mr Ahmet Kayhan,
Co-Founder and CEO
REIDIN.com

Prior to setting up REIDIN.com he was the Regional Manager of ISI Emerging Markets, A Euromoney Institutional Investor Company responsible for the MENA Region and Global Business Manager of IFIS – Islamic Finance Information Service. He has spent 6 years with ISI Emerging Markets and was involved in different levels of international online information businesses. He set the Cairo and Dubai offices and developed the MENA Regional Business Intelligence Services for ISI Emerging Markets. He also headed the team which launched IFIS – Islamic Finance Information Service for ISI, world’s first online information service focusing on Islamic Finance sector. Ahmet is a member of ULI – Urban Land Institute (www.uli.org) and APREA – Asian Public Real Estate Association (www.aprea.biz). He holds a B. Sc in Management Engineering from Istanbul Technical University, Turkey. He speaks Turkish, English and basic level Arabic and French.

Appearing:

Conference day one - Monday 23 November 2009

4.30pm

MENA and global real estate: has the dust settled? – how, where and when to invest

Taking stock of the new landscape in the MENA and global real estate markets
Local investors vs. international investors and their real estate portfolios
Can you bottom feed for deals in real estate? – how can these be sold on to investors
Can restructuring and refinancing help distressed projects – are these too risky for investors?
Comparing markets and competition with US, Asian and European funds
A long term or short term view of the asset class – is this the end to pure speculation?
Back to basics on returns – the fundamentals of demand and supply, will it hold?

Mr Ahmet Kayhan,

Co-Founder and CEO,
REIDIN.com

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Mr Ahmet Kayhan,Co-Founder and CEOREIDIN.com

Mr Ahmet Kayhan,
Co-Founder and CEO
REIDIN.com