We use a parametric portfolio approach to estimate optimal commercial real estate portfolio policies. We do so using the NCREIF data set of commercial properties over the sample period 1984:Q2 to 2009:Q1. The richness of this extensive data set and the flexibility of the parametric portfolio...

This article aims to investigate the similarity of public and private real estate returns and risks over the relatively long horizon using data for the U.S and the U.K. The results show evidence of a one-to-one relationship between publicly traded REIT performance and privately traded direct...

This chapter examines the main unlisted real estate funds available (openend funds and closed-end funds), as well as the most important listed real estate funds (REITs and ETFs based on real estate indices). The chapter also analyzes the extent to which analysis of publicly traded real estate...

Cross-border real estate investing offers opportunities for enhanced diversification. Investors often begin real estate investing domestically because local opportunities are more familiar and easier to undertake than cross-border (international) investments. As investors gain experience...

Real estate has been a very large and important portion of wealth for thousands of years. Even as recently as a century ago, real estate dominated institutional portfolios and was classified as property. During recent decades, the preeminence of real estate has yielded to the growing importance...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a better understanding of the performance implications for UK DC pension fund investors who choose to combine global listed and UK unlisted real estate in a blended allocation relative to a pure unlisted solution.Design/methodology/approach –...

We examine underlying factors that explain an exceptionally low stock market participation rate among Lithuanian households by carrying out a comprehensive survey of mass affluent individuals. The probit regression analysis of the survey results indicates that lack of financial literacy, low...

This study addresses real estate's riskiness from a distributional viewpoint. Several studies have found real estate returns to be best modeled with stable paretian distributions. Using NCREIF individual property returns this is confirmed, but the first application of stable distributions to...