Benefits of investment in global real estate securities include: dividends, diversification and attractive risk-adjusted returns. Investments in publicly traded real estate companies also provide liquidity, a high degree of transparency, investor accountability and professional management.

While recently tested, we believe these attributes retain importance and will continue to attract demand from investors.

Historically, global real estate securities have had low correlations with global bonds and global stocks. Volatility for the asset class has generally been lower than global stocks but greater than global bonds. Investments in global real estate securities offer significant portfolio diversification benefits and can improve an investor's portfolio position on an efficient frontier.

The global real estate securities market has grown in past years. However, global public real estate securities still represent less than 5% of all real estate. As REIT legislation gains traction throughout the world, the publicly traded real estate securities market is projected to continue its growth. Moreover, expansion of securitization in existing REIT markets could lead to further growth.

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