Real Estate Investor Magazine South Africa April 2014 | Page 45

REI Commercial IT is it IT is playing a more significant role across the broad business landscape today and the property sector can benefit enormously from bespoke IT systems that enable brokers to do phenomenal work for clients enabling the consultancy to be dynamic and innovative. Clients can receive key, real-time information that provides an instant snapshot of any sector, segment or geographic of the market to help facilitate the corporate decision-making process. Performance indicators Improved key performance indicators have contributed significantly to the full-year performance of SA Corporate Real Estate Fund, which recently announced 8.6% distribution growth for the year to 31 December 2013, surpassing market expectations. The results reflect a turnaround for the fund, which has been achieved with its four-pillar strategy that focuses on its investment strategy, capital structure alignment of investor and management interests and its property management. Valuable Input Ken Reynolds Regional Executive Nedbank Property Finance Lew Geffen Lew Geffen