HANS NORDBY monitors U.S. property markets and trends and is a key advisor to PPR’s clients, who include large public and private pension funds, pension fund advisors, investment banks, rating agencies, real estate developers, and REITs. Mr. Nordby uses his extensive knowledge of micromarket research, capital markets transactions, asset management, and other real-world applications in his work with the firm’s forecasts, products, and client relationships. Mr. Nordby is a frequent speaker at industry conferences, including those for the National Association of Real Estate Investment Managers (NAREIM), The Risk Management Association (RMA), the Life Mortgage and Real Estate Officers Council Conference (Dutch Treat), the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) and the Institute for Fiduciary Education (IFE). In addition, he speaks at client-sponsored events for the clients' investors and customers. Media in which he has been featured include the Wall Street Journal, Investment Dealers Digest, National Real Estate Investor and Real Estate Portfolio (NAREIT’s official publication), and Fox News, among others. Mr. Nordby is a prolific writer and has contributed to the Journal of Portfolio Management, the RMA Journal, Real Estate Portfolio, the Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management, CMBS World, and ICSC Research Quarterly. Prior to joining PPR, he was with a real estate investment sales and marketing firm based in New York City and conducted real estate investment sales as well as analysis and financial structuring of equity and debt investment opportunities. For a pension fund advisory firm, he managed a portfolio of office, warehouse, R&D, and multifamily properties in the Northeast and South Central regions of the U.S. In addition, he was responsible for acquisitions and market development in select markets. Before that, he was with KPMG Peat Marwick’s Real Estate Consulting Group in New York City, where he consulted on corporate real estate, asset securitization, and valuation. Mr. Nordby received a B.A. magna cum laude in Scandinavian Literature from the University of Minnesota and an M.B.A. in Finance from Indiana University.