Research Report

The central scenario inferred from markets has evolved this quarter to one where investors expect economies to muddle through global uncertainty but with heightened worries about the effectiveness of monetary and fiscal policies. Adverse and positive scenarios for the year reflect the following themes: The tension between growth and deleveraging The effectiveness of unconventional monetary and fiscal policies The assessment of the windfalls or dangers of lower oil prices; and The...

Risk Management Analytics

Research Report

Despite institutional investors, globally, continuing to allocate funds to indexed strategies, active management remains attractive across various products and geographies. The ability to select skilled managers in opportune markets who can add value beyond a indexed investment tracking an index, may justify the case for active implementation. We analyze different segments of the equity markets to find the intersection of those that have provided the greatest opportunity and where managers...

Indexes

Research Report

This report details both the performance of shopping centre assets and what has been happening in the transactional market through 2015, an exceptional period for this sector. MSCI currently tracks over circa £13.5bn of shopping centre assets across the UK and is proud to present an in-depth analysis of this sample. This report is prepared by MSCI, in association with Colliers International.

Real Estate Products & Services

Research Report

In 2017, industrial real estate had the highest sector total returns across many global markets. We have found that this was not just a rerun of industrial’s normal cyclical rotation, but that there were signs of a secular revolution starting, driven by e-commerce.  In many global markets, the spread in yields between industrial and the other commercial real estate sectors has compressed more over recent years than in previous cycles. In the U.K., where outperformance was particularly...

Real Estate Products & Services

Research Report

A Study of the Drivers of European Listed Real Estate Performance in Association with the European Public Real Estate Association.

Real Estate Products & Services

Fact Sheet

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Fact Sheet

Fact Sheet

Research Report

Research Report

In this inaugural edition of our Research Snapshot, you will read about topics that are trending across the globe. Is your real estate portfolio resilient enough? Can real estate benefit from smart beta? Are low yields a risk for your private real estate portfolio?

Real Estate Products & Services