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40 Years of Real Estate Indexes
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For four decades, MSCI Real Estate have championed transformative transparency in the industry. Making it easier for institutional investors and investment managers to manage, measure and increase their real estate allocations in line with their specific strategic aims. Working in partnership with the industry, we have always strived to bring robustness to the real estate asset class.
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Reflect on the key milestones of the last four decades of real estate investing.
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Meeting the moment for 40 years
Through turbulent times, property booms, bubble bursts, market crashes and technological change, MSCI Real Estate's objective, consistent and comparable indexes have met the moment. Yesterday. Today. Tomorrow.
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Anticipating Tomorrow's Challenge
Our mission has always been to power better investment decisions by helping our clients make sense of uncertainty. It is why we were the first to make public, private real estate information in 1980 in the UK. And it is why, fuelled by the aspirations of our clients, we have grown coverage from one to over 30 countries and now provide near 60 property and fund indexes, including Pan European and Global Indexes to support larger investors, and non-core indexes to aid diversified portfolio management.
Our success is underlined by our client relationships, our responsiveness to the events that shape our world, changing investing trends and investor requirements.
This includes developing actionable insight to help you navigate the impacts of Coronavirus, delivering tools to identify climate change risks to your real estate investments and with the support and commitment from 900+ clients globally, raising the standard of information, reporting and transparency in real estate, with our ever-expanding suite of indexes.
Explore the advancements and crises that shaped today’s investment world and see how MSCI Real Estate is rising to meet your challenges of tomorrow:
MSCI Real Estate remain committed to shedding light on emerging markets, developing timely, relevant insights and putting real estate analysis on the same footing as other asset classes by providing reliable and objective measures of performance.
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Looking back at 40 years of real estate indexes with industry experts
Looking Back at 40 years of Real Estate Indexes with Industry Experts
The Development and Impact of the First Real Estate Indexes
The Development and Impact of the First Real Estate Indexes
René Veerman, Head of Real Estate, MSCI sat down with Paul Richards, Managing Director, Association of Real Estate Funds (AREF) to discuss the development of the first real estate indexes and the role associations may play in the future of real estate investing.
Exploring the Evolution of Real Estate in APAC
Exploring the Evolution of Real Estate in APAC
Varun Malik, Head of APAC Real Estate Coverage, MSCI spoke with Sigrid Zialcita, CEO, Asia Pacific Real Estate Association (APREA) who shared her insight on how real estate investing has developed due to change of ownership and capital flows as well as how this has driven an increased demand for transparency.
A Shift to ESG Investing and Increased Diversification
A Shift to ESG Investing and Increased Diversification
René Veerman, Head of Real Estate, MSCI spoke with Dick van Hal, CEO, Bouwinvest who took us on a journey of his last 40 years in the industry to give us insight into the biggest changes he has seen including a shift to ESG investing and diversification
Reflecting on 40 Years of Real Estate Investing
Reflecting on 40 Years of Real Estate Investing
As part of our celebration of the 40 years of real estate indexes Doug Slater spoke to Doug Poutasse, Head of Research and Strategy, BentallGreenOak who also began his esteemed real estate career in 1980.