Speaker Bio: Koichiro Obu of DWS MTD TV Productions

Mr. Obu joined the company in 2007. With more than 20 years of experience in real estate research, he is responsible for building strategies and coordinating coverage of real estate markets in Asia Pacific. He also heads real estate team in Japan since 2023. Before joining, he was Head of real estate and construction team at Corporate Research Department at SMBC in Tokyo and was also a senior researcher at SMBC in London covering the real estate sector in Europe. He received a B.A. in economics from the University of Tokyo.

DWS has been investing in real estate assets for more than 50 years. As part of the Alternatives platform, the real estate business has more than 350 employees in nearly 24 cities around the world and over EUR 64 billion in global real estate assets under management (June 30, 2025). Providing a diverse range of strategies and solutions across the risk/return and geographic spectrums, we offer core, value-added and opportunistic real estate, real estate debt and real estate securities. The real estate investment business employs a disciplined investment approach and aims to deliver attractive long-term risk adjusted returns, preservation of capital and diversification to its investors, which include governments, corporations, insurance companies, endowments, retirement plans, and private clients worldwide.