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100 1 _aTopintzi, Ermina
245 0 0 _aMoving towards a global real estate index
260 _c2008
490 0 _aJournal of Property Investment and Finance
_v26(4) 2008, 286-303(18)
520 _aExamines the growing need for an international performance standard for direct real estate and the problems involved in creating such an index. Begins by reviewing the main issues involved in the current data available, including the latest developments, and then explains the steps needed to create a global index. Finds that a global index can help investors track global real estate asset performance against other major asset classes and that the global direct asset class can be an effective diversifier in global multi asset portfolios. Concludes that the work of IPD has been vital in generating a global performance index.
590 _aKA
651 4 _aInternational
690 _aPROPERTY-COMMERCIAL PROPERTY-COMMERCIAL PROPERTY MARKET
700 1 _aChin, Henry
700 1 _aHobbs, Peter
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