tailieunhanh - Global Real Estate Investing Offers Multiple Blueprints for Custom Exposures

The markets for open-end and closed-end funds provide an indication of the general development and trends of investment in real assets. The Verband für Geschlossene Fonds (VGF) estimates that the assets of closed-end funds in Germany are EUR 199 bn (as at 2011). EUR 99 bn of this is invested as equity capital. In 2011, EUR bn passed into real assets through closed-end funds in Germany (down 8% yoy, see Fig. 5). The volume has considerably declined since the start of the financial and economic crisis and, since 2009, has been at a low level. Last year, private investors. | A Guide to Global Real Estate Investment Options By E. Todd Briddell CFA President and CIO si ƯRDANG BNY MELLON ASSET MANAGEMENT Global Real Estate Investing Offers Multiple Blueprints for Custom Exposures Despite recent price turbulence in many developed world real estate markets global real estate as an asset class continues to offer long-term institutional investors several important benefits portfolio diversification through low correlations to other asset classes solid cash flows and a measure of inflation protection through index-linked rents. Investing in real estate across the world enhances this diversification by allowing investors to choose among the strengths and weaknesses of local property markets as they evolve. There are many ways to design exposure to global real estate depending on risk and return preferences. Investors can choose opportunities in real estate equity or real estate debt. Within each of those asset classes there are multiple segments each with its own advantages and disadvantages. The following discussion looks at the range of global real estate investment opportunities the vehicles designed to capture them and their relative merits. We also discuss the outlook for real estate following the global financial crisis and economic recession. Why Global Real Estate Investing across regions can offer varied sources of returns providing additional diversification to a portfolio. Real estate is ultimately a local business with cash flows linked to the physical assets and influenced by local economic conditions. Thus the timing and nature of real estate returns can be very different depending on prevailing conditions in countries and regions. Investing globally allows investors to take advantage of region-specific opportunities. They can seek stable value investments in developed markets such as the . the . continental Europe Canada and Australia. Alternatively they can target emerging markets with high growth potential such as China .