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Do Asian real estate companies add value to investment portfolio?

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Series: Journal of Property Investment and Finance ; 27(1) 2009, 42-64(23)Publication details: 2009Subject(s): Summary: Examines the role of Asian real estate companies regarding their "value added" performance and portfolio diversification benefits in Asian mixed-asset portfolios as well as in international real estate securities' portfolios from 1996-2005. Compares the risk-return performance for all 13 Asian real estate securities markets as well as the US and the UK. Concludes that investing in Asian real estate securities' portfolios rather than Asian mixed-asset portfolios was the more effective diversification strategy over the above period. Tables. Figures. Notes. References.

Examines the role of Asian real estate companies regarding their "value added" performance and portfolio diversification benefits in Asian mixed-asset portfolios as well as in international real estate securities' portfolios from 1996-2005. Compares the risk-return performance for all 13 Asian real estate securities markets as well as the US and the UK. Concludes that investing in Asian real estate securities' portfolios rather than Asian mixed-asset portfolios was the more effective diversification strategy over the above period. Tables. Figures. Notes. References.