FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Real Estate Index Series
23 March 2009
The FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Real Estate Index Series has been enhanced to provide investors with greater precision in measuring the performance of global listed real estate. Following the December 2008 expansion of the index series to include emerging markets, the new global composite can now be broken down into developed and emerging subsets, providing a useful tool for real estate investors seeking additional granularity in tracking the real estate market.
The following new regional indices are now available:
- FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed EMEA Index
- FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Index
- FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global ex US Index
- FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Americas Index
- FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Asia Pacific Index
- FTSE EPRA/NAREIT EMEA Index
- FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Europe Index
- FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Middle East and Africa Index
Despite recent market turmoil and the devaluation of real estate stocks in line with global equities markets, real estate is widely recognised as one of the four primary core asset classes, representing about 50% of global wealth. Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and other listed real estate offer investors greater liquidity and transparency than private real estate investment. The FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Real Estate indices are useful tools for tracking listed real estate markets, and offer the purest and most diverse representation of these markets by both geography and property type.
More information can be found at www.ftse.com/realestate or call your local office.
