Will Robson

Will Robson
Executive Director and Head of Real Estate Applied Research

About the Contributor

Will Robson is Executive Director and Global Head of Real Estate Applied Research. He is responsible for the direction and delivery of MSCI’s applied real estate research agenda. Previously, Will spent close to five years and was a founding member of the real estate research team at the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority. Will holds both an MSc and BA in Economics from the University of York and University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

Blog posts by Will Robson

Mar. 28, 2017

Can real estate benefit from smart beta? »

Will Robson

Institutional investors use factors to capture returns and understand drivers of risk and return in their listed securities portfolios. Can factors that have generated long-term premia in equity markets help identify private real estate assets that have outperformed historically?