Investing in real estate markets overseas means venturing into the unknown, where you meet unfamiliar political and economic environments, unstable currencies, strange cultures and languages, and so although the advantages of international diversification might appear attractive, the risks of...

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Italian real estate has become an increasingly popular investment class due to its relatively good returns and low risk compared to shares and bonds. In particular, real estate funds in Italy have shown enormous growth over the past few years, however, little is known about their performance....

There is extant literature using showing that private real estate has a major part to play in the mixed-asset portfolio. There is also a good deal of evidence showing that Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) makes a substantial contribution to the mixed-asset portfolio. But only two studies...

The benefits of sector and regional diversification have been well documented in the literature but have not previously been investigated in Italy. Using annual data from 1989 to 2003 we decompose property returns into a national effect three sector specific-effects and four economic regional...

In this study, we use the liquid and efficient bond ETF prices and CDX spreads to quantify the effects of the announcements of the Primary and Secondary Market Corporate Credit Facilities on the underlying corporate bonds. We find that those announcements triggered: (i) large and positive jumps...