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Digging deeper into pan-European property funds’ performance
Nov 26, 2019 Will RobsonProperty investors who invest across a broad region, like Europe, can use a peer-group benchmark to gauge relative performance. But to determine the specific drivers of returns, detailed asset-level performance attribution can help shed light.

UK Lease Events Review – November 2019
Nov 21, 2019For 21 years, MSCI and BNP Paribas Real Estate have assessed the robustness of income from commercial real estate. This research focuses on new leasing trends and the effect on income when a lease event, such as a break or expiry, occurs.

Exploring the ‘what ifs?’ in real estate
Oct 29, 2019 Bryan ReidThe opacity of real estate markets and the wide spectrum of potential outcomes makes it hard to understand performance. Running a historical “what if” analysis may help institutional investors understand how different choices could have impacted outcomes.

Climate risk in private real estate portfolios: What’s the exposure?
Oct 17, 2019 MOLLOD Gillian, ROBSON WillAs a long-term asset class, private real estate is especially vulnerable to climate-related events, such as water stress, hurricanes and flooding.

What’s the downside in real estate?
Oct 4, 2019 Bryan ReidReal estate has always been marked by periods of expansion and sometimes painful corrections. But all cycles are not alike.

Underwater assets? Real estate exposure to flood risk
Sep 17, 2019 Gillian Mollod, Will RobsonReal estate investors are buying and leasing assets that might be jeopardized by a climate-changed world. A new analysis can help investors identify high-risk U.K. locations.

Real estate may be yielding less than you thought
Sep 12, 2019 Bryan ReidIncome has long been an important part of real estate returns meaning yields are often heavily scrutinized by investors. However, headline yields do not factor in capital expenditure requirements which can vary significantly. Investors looking to better understand potential “free cash flow” positions of portfolios post-capex may want to adjust the yields they use to account for it.
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