Global Real Estate Asset Manager Survey 2019: Technology Usage And Budgets

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Executive Summary

This report helps real estate asset managers to benchmark their technology deployments and budgets against their peers. The report is an outtake of a survey that Verdantix conducted with 101 real estate asset managers across four geographic regions (see Verdantix Global Real Estate Asset Manager Survey 2019: Priorities And Tech Preferences). Respondents see analytics platforms driven by machine learning and blockchain-based smart contracts as influential technology trends that will soon impact their investment practices. The results also reveal that asset managers look to deploy technology to provide process transparency and centralize accounting as well as financial data. To achieve these aims, 39% of respondents have expanded their budgets in 2019, with even greater budget spend planning afoot for 2020.
Global Survey Reveals Asset Managers’ Technology Usage Habits And Commercial Awareness
Global Survey Of Real Estate Asset Managers Across Multiple Regions

Real Estate Asset Managers Look To Technology To Provide Process Management Transparency
Asset Managers Think Cloud-Based Software And Machine Learning Technology Will Exert The Most Influence Over Investment Practices
Asset Managers Increasingly Rely On Software To Centralize Data At The Portfolio Level
Nine Per Cent Of Asset Managers Are Planning Substantial Spend Increases To Enable New Software Investments In 2020
Figure 1. Geographic Location Of Respondents
Figure 2. Technology Trends Influencing Investment Practices
Figure 3. Asset Managers’ Software Usage Trends
Figure 4. Asset Managers’ Spending Plans 2019-2020

About the Authors

Ibrahim Yate

Ibrahim Yate

Senior Analyst

Ibrahim is a Senior Analyst in the Verdantix Smart Buildings practice, which he joined in 2016. His current agenda covers innovation in software and hardware solutions for spa...

Rodolphe d’Arjuzon

Rodolphe d’Arjuzon

Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder

Rodolphe co-founded Verdantix in 2008. As Chief Product Officer, he leads the firm’s research strategy and intellectual agenda. With over 20 years of experience in techn...

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