#43 - Ryan Bass | Opening the Door to Australia’s Institutional-Grade Property Market

#43 - Ryan Bass | Opening the Door to Australia’s Institutional-Grade Property Market

June 17, 2025 · 1h 12m · Season 1 · Episode 43

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Ryan Bass discusses his new venture PanGen Capital and its focus on making institutional-grade property investments accessible to wholesale investors.

Ryan Bass, Founder and Managing Director of PanGen Capital joins Murdoch Gatti from York Wealth Management on The Rate Of Change. Ryan spent 16 years at UniSuper, where he was involved in more than $8 billion in property transactions across direct real estate, unlisted property funds, and listed A-REITs. After completing his articles at a commercial law firm, Ryan started his career at MCS Property—one of Australia’s original and largest syndicators—and was one of the founding six behind iSelect, before choosing to focus on funds management and institutional real assets. At The Rate of Change, we love conversations with entrepreneurs who have operated at the highest level—and are now stepping out to solve a real problem they’ve seen up close. Ryan’s new venture, PanGen Capital, is doing exactly that. After decades inside major super funds, he observed a key issue: some of the best-performing, most stable property assets in the country—like prime grade core shopping centres, CBD office towers, and logistics hubs—are largely inaccessible to wholesale investors. These institutional-grade opportunities are typically locked behind $10 million minimums, strict mandates, and…

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