Popular real asset investments include brick-and-mortar real estate, raw land, precious metals and commodities. Assets such as classic cars, coins and stamps have outperformed some stock indexes. Institutional investors are increasingly allocating to real assets due to their inflation hedging and higher...
(REIT) is a type of company that owns, operates or finances income-producing commercial real estate properties that are accessible and traded on the public stock market exchange. Comparatively, a private equity real estate (PERE) alternative fund sponsor pools investor capital into real estate ...
What is a REIT (Real Estate Investment Trust), and why should you consider investing in this hassle-free commercial real estate option today.
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the macroeconomic and microeconomic factors that drive institutions to invest in real estate investment trusts (REITs). Institutional investors are known for sophisticated investment strategies, monitoring management and identifying investment opportunities. Numerous ...
Real estate is a valuable part of any well-diversified investment strategy and commercial real estate (CRE) offers unique value to investors. Through the CrowdStreet Marketplace, investors have access to institutional-quality real estate investment opportunities across every asset class and risk profile...
INTRODUCTION Today's institutional real estate environment is dynamic. One only has to take a brief look at its storied past to see the roller coaster ride it has taken over the past 20 years. Fortunately, institutional real estate has begun the maturation process, or so it seems. Today's ...
A collateralized debt obligation (CDO) is a complex financial product backed by a pool of loans and other assets and sold to institutional investors.
Central to REITs is that they take the quintessential example of illiquid assets—real estate—and make them liquid. REITs invest in all kinds of properties: apartment complexes, data centers, healthcare facilities, hotels, infrastructure (fiber cables, cell towers, and energy pipelines), office bu...
A real estate investment trust (REIT) is a company that owns, operates, or finances income-generating real estate. Modeled after mutual funds, REITs pool capital investors who earn dividends from real estate investments. Investors do not individually buy, manage, or finance any pro...
Institutional investors are organizations such as financial firms or mutual funds that build sizableportfoliosin stocks and other financial instruments. Often, they are able to accumulate and pool money from several smaller investors (individuals and/or firms) in order to make larger investments. Becaus...