OREANDA-NEWS. BMO Capital Markets, the investment and corporate banking arm of BMO Financial Group (NYSE:BMO)(TSX:BMO), will hold its 10th annual North American Real Estate Conference September 28th-29th at the Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago. This year's conference comes as the asset class looks to the Fall of 2016 when Real Estate will get its own sector classification in the major market indexes.

The conference will include some of North America's most influential real estate players, including CEOs and CFOs from leading companies, institutional and private equity investors and other industry participants.

This year's conference kicks off with a panel, "The Future of REITS" which will see top executives discuss and debate issues ranging from the impact of global market volatility to the recent appearance of non-traditional players monetizing major real estate assets.

The conference will be hosted by BMO Research Analysts Paul Adornato, John Kim, Heather Kirk and Troy MacLean.