The role of real estate in a mixed-asset portfolio is investigated when the maximum drawdown (hereafter MaxDD), rather than the standard deviation, is used as the measure of risk. In particular, it is analysed whether the discrepancy between the optimal allocation to real estate and the actual...

Duration and convexity measures are commonly applied in the management of bond portfolios to measure the sensitivity of asset values to changes in interest rates, enabling fund managers to manage their exposure to interest rate risk. Yet, there are no commonly accepted methods for applying the...

This paper assesses the impact of the monetary integration project on different types of stock returns in Europe. In order to isolate European monetary factors, the impact of global equity integration is investigated. European countries are sub‐divided according to the differences in the...

This paper investigates the extent to which clients were able to influence performance measurement appraisals during the downturn in commercial property markets that began in the UK during the second half of 2007. The sharp change in market sentiment produced speculation that different client...

Quantitative analysis of property performance has tended to rely on linear models. This paper explores the possible insights of using non-linear, regime based models. It is argued that there may exist different regimes depending on the level of real interest rates. This is tested empirically...

Much UK research and market practice on portfolio strategy and performance benchmarking relies on a sector‐geography subdivision of properties. Prior tests of the appropriateness of such divisions have generally relied on aggregated or hypothetical return data. However, the results found in...

This article examines claims about the diversification benefits of real estate. In particular, does real estate investment in a mixed asset portfolio provide protection when other asset classes are performing badly? Conventional portfolio strategy models utilising covariance statistics may...

Individuals are prone to significant errors when making value judgements through the use of <italic>heuristics</italic> (cognitive short cuts) to simplify decision making. This paper uses an economic experiment to investigate the strength of arbitrary <italic>anchors</italic> in judgements over house prices among a student...

<italic>Planning policy aimed at preserving the viability of UK town centres halted the wave of out‐of‐town shopping centres -- Schiller's ‘third wave’ of decentralization. Subsequently, a number of major in‐town shopping centres were developed in the UK. The first of these was the Oracle...</italic>

In recent research it has been argued that the hedonic regression technique can be usefully applied to the valuation of residential property. This research has focused on the valuation of owneroccupied dwellings. It is the aim of this paper to show how this technique can also usefully be applied...