Alex Avery

Partner & Portfolio Manager, FrontFour Real Asset Alternatives

Mr. Avery is a partner with FrontFour Real Asset Alternatives, an investment manager focused on North American real estate and related securities, where he is a portfolio manager. Previously, Mr. Avery spent 12 years with CIBC Capital Markets, where he was Managing Director and led its North American real estate research team, providing research coverage of more than 60 real estate investment trusts and real estate corporations. Mr. Avery has been consistently recognized as a thought leader in real estate strategy, leadership and governance by institutional investors, as a TopGun Analysis by Brendan Wood International and for his stock picking and earnings estimation by StarMine. Prior to joining CIBC Capital Markets, Mr. Avery worked at a global investment dealer conducting research on real estate and real estate investment trusts, and prior to that at Altus Group, a leading commercial real estate consulting and advisory firm. Mr. Avery earned his CFA designation, holds both a Master of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Engineering & Management from McMaster University, and is a Chartered Surveyor and Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.