What Constitutes Property for Investment Purposes? A Review of Alternative Assets

Real estate traditionally has been the main form of real asset investment for institutions, but the emergence of infrastructure, besides a growing interest in commodities/precious metals/natural resources as diversifying tangible assets also believed to offer some inflation protection, is challenging and, potentially, changing real estate’s role in a mixed asset portfolio.

Against this background of growth in non-traditional areas of real estate, the research considers whether there are generic characteristics that can be applied to such investments or common legal structures and/or income, liquidity and risk profiles. It also identifies a range of issues that would merit further research.

Return to listing