Considerations for the foreign investor in the US real
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Mooney, Steven P.; Mooney, Kate

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“…The major factors contributing to this high level of interest in investment in overseas property in recent years by foreign investors [2,21,22,24] The extent of international property investment is likely to continue to be an important component in institutional investment strategies as market participants become more familiar with the available investment opportunities in a range of overseas property markets and the quality of property market performance information improves. This will also generate additional property finance considerations and challenges to structure these overseas property investments effectively in a risk-effective fashion.…”

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“…In the area of international property investment, most studies have concentrated on either: q analysis of property investment patterns by specific groups in particular countries, such as Japanese property investment in the USA [21,22]; or q historic performance analysis of including international property in a mixed-asset investment portfolio, with respect to risk reduction and portfolio diversification benefits [2,13,[16][17][18]20,23]. To focus on institutional investor attitudes and perceptions to overseas property investment and the subsequent financial implications of these decisions, Worzala [19] examined the international property investment decision making by institutional investors in the UK and The Netherlands (and to a lesser extent in Germany and Sweden), with institutional investors in both of these countries having "traditionally" held overseas property in their investment portfolios.…”

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The role of international property in investment portfolios

Newell

Worzala

1995

Journal of Property Finance

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IntroductionThe growth, integration and deregulation of world financial markets, as well as changes in international politics and economic policies have resulted in increased global investment opportunities. For example, in 1991, of the $7 trillion (or £3.5 trillion) in worldwide pension fund assets, 7 per cent was invested abroad. For US and UK pension funds, 4 per cent and 25 per cent respectively were invested abroad [1,2]. These levels of foreign investment by pension funds are expected to increase considerably in future years. For example, the level of foreign investment by US pension funds is projected to be 13 per cent by 1996, with the level in Canadian pension funds expected to increase from 11 to 17 per cent between 1991-1994[3]. These increased global investment opportunities have also generated a range of key financial challenges; particularly concerning currency risk exposure.For stocks and bonds, there is considerable historic evidence for over 30 years that investing internationally offers diversification benefits with respect to reduced portfolio risk and enhanced portfolio performance [1,[4][5][6][7][8]. Even though international property accounts for 37 per cent of the total world investable wealth [9], the potential role and benefits of international property in a mixedasset portfolio has received little attention in recent years. This is due primarily to the limited, valuation-based performance indices which are available for international property. Similarly, while a large amount of information is available concerning the general financial decision-making process and criteria for property investment[10-12], limited information is available concerning international property investment and financial strategies, and property finance decision-making processes.Studies concerning the role of international property equities in a mixedasset portfolio [13][14][15] have demonstrated the significant diversification benefits vis-á-vis US real estate investment trusts (REITs) and world securities, although higher volatility was also evident for these international property equities. For direct property investment in the USA, it has been shown that investing in US property by Japanese and UK investors did not improve foreign investor portfolio performance [16][17][18]. This resulted from any portfolio diversification

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Section: Status Of International Property Investmentmentioning

confidence: 99%