In an asset allocation process, correlations are particularly important if one includes 'alternative investments' such as real estate, commodities and hedge funds, which have been proclaimed to provide diversifying benefits within the overall portfolio context. While many studies have found that...

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A robust assessment of asymmetric dependence is crucial for determining the benefits of diversification associated with including real estate in mixed-asset portfolios, but analysing asymmetric dependence is a complex, multi-dimensional problem. Using Monte Carlo simulations, we identify the...

"Achieving sustainable economic development is critical to the future of society and this has recently been recognised by the UN who has announced their Decade of Education for Sustainable Development. The need for Universities to address the issue has been pointed out firmly by the Sustainable...

The dividend debate between agency cost theory and information signaling theory provides contrasting explanations of the relationship between dividend payout and cash flow volatility. This paper attempts to test these two theories empirically using data from 135 public US equity REITs from 1985...

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This study looks at the return and risk characteristics of the Diversified and Specialised REITs in the UK over the last four and half years commencing January 2007.The methodologies used in this study incorporate some simple statistic tools, multiple factor Sharpe ratio regression, and...

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In literature, it is accepted as fact that compulsory purchase and compensation problems are associated with the level of infrastructure development; this paper will try to link these compensation problems and the level of infrastructure development. For this purpose, firstly, it will formulate...