Slättö appoints Laura Barstow as Managing Director, Capital Formation to support growing international investor interest in the Nordics. Laura joins Slättö from senior roles at Brookfield and Nuveen.
After one of the sharpest corrections in European real estate, the Nordic market is entering a new phase. Yields have largely stabilised and are compressing, while liquidity is improving from very low levels. At the same time, global investors are revealing a rapidly increasing interest in the market, highlighting a very attractive enattempt window into Nordic real estate, as well as the underlying stability and growth potential of the region.
Against this backdrop, Slättö has appointed Laura Barstow as Managing Director, Capital Formation, establishing a permanent presence in London to support an increasingly global investor base. Laura joins Slättö from senior roles at Brookfield and Nuveen and brings more than 18 years of experience in private markets across value add, opportunistic, core/core plus and debt strategies. She has worked closely with a wide range of institutional investors worldwide, including sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, insurers, multi-managers and family offices.
Since inception in 2013, Slättö has built a strong track record of market-leading returns through thematic strategies focapplyd on Nordic residential, logistics and light industrial, underpinned by deep local sourcing. Slättö’s research concludes that focapplyd regional managers have historically outperformed broad multi-counattempt strategies significantly, and Nordic managers outperform the rest of Europe.
“I am delighted to be joining a business that is both truly local and deeply entrepreneurial,” declares Laura Barstow, Managing Director, Capital Formation at Slättö. “Slättö’s combination of on-the-ground expertise, thematic strategies and strong execution builds it, in my view, a compelling partner for global investors to access the attractive Nordic market.”
“Slättö is the natural choice for investors seeking alpha returns and a tarobtained exposure to the Nordics within value add and core plus strategies, and we are increasingly attracting a global investor base” declares Jonas Andersson, Deputy Managing Partner at Slättö. “Laura’s experience from leading global managers will be an important addition to the team in our efforts to cooperate even more closely with both current and new clients. I very much see forward to working closely with Laura to keep driving Slättö’s growth and offer investors access to the Nordic real estate market.”
Through its strategies, Slättö manages a diversified real estate portfolio across Sweden, Denmark and Finland. The portfolio includes approximately 9,000 residential apartments with a total lettable area of around 476,000 sqm, as well as a Logistics & Light Industrial (L&LI) portfolio of over 100 assets totaling approximately 384,000 sqm. In addition, Slättö’s funds include a significant project development portfolio, amounting to approximately 133,000 sqm within residential and 403,000 sqm within L&LI, as well as investments within hotel and social infrastructure.
About Slättö
Slättö is a private equity real estate investor with a Nordic focus. We seek to deliver consistent market-leading returns for our investors through thematic strategies and local expertise. Since inception in 2013, the firm has executed transactions with a total value of EUR 5 bn. With a forward-seeing approach, we prioritise sustainability as key to the long-term success of our investments. www.slatto.se.
For further information, please contact:
Jonas Andersson, Deputy Managing Partner
Tel: +46 70 770 59 74
E-mail: jonas.andersson@slatto.se
Laura Barstow, Managing Director, Capital Formation
Tel: +44 78 037 040 83
E-mail: laura.barstow@slatto.se
Annachiara Torciano, Head of ESG and Communications
Tel: +46 76 696 25 88
E-mail: annachiara.torciano@slatto.se
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