Marc A. Louargand

Pension Real Estate Association (PREA) is a non-profit trade association based in Hartford, CT, for the institutional real estate investment industry. The company's members include public and corporate pension funds, endowments, foundations, insurance companies, and investment advisory firms. PREA provides its members with materials to keep up to date on trends and issues in real estate investment decisions, including sustainability and other ESG considerations. The company also offers access to the MSCI/PREA U.S. Property Fund Index, which allows for detailed analysis of the performance of open-end property funds and their underlying investments.

Founded in 1994, Barings Real Estate Advisers LLC (BREA) is a mutual fund manager and registered investment advisor headquartered in Hartford, Connecticut. Prior to September 2016, the firm was known as Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers LLC. BREA is a wholly owned subsidiary of Barings LLC, an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. The firm is a diversified, full service global advisory firm specializing in real estate related advisory and management services. Their clients generally include pension and profit sharing plans, investment companies, pooled investment vehicles, municipalities, insurance companies, corporations, and banking and thrift institutions.

Angel Investor Forum, Inc. operates as a venture capital company. It focuses four investment types: medical devices, financial services, software, and consumer products. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in East Hartford, CT.

National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, Inc. is an American company that provides an array of industry data prepared by NAREIT staff and other outside sources. The non-profit company is based in Washington. The company specializes in REITs, or real estate investment trusts, which are companies that own or finance income-producing real estate across a range of property sectors. Most REITs trade on major stock exchanges, and they offer a number of benefits to investors. Steven A. Wechsler has been the CEO of the company since 1997.

Formed in 2004, MIT Investment Management Co. (MITIMCo) oversees the investments of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's assets, including the endowment, the current funds, the pension assets, and other institutional assets. MITIMCo is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts.