European Real Estate ― Asset Class Performance and Optimal Portfolio Construction

Where US real estate markets are relatively liquid and developed, the same investment strategies are less effective in the European context. Where many studies provide a set of specialized studies on specific European real estate asset classes, there are few which consider all asset classes together.

This book provides a thorough overview of the European real estate Market. Evaluating the performance difference between countries and sectors, it explores the implications this has for optimal investment strategy within real estate asset classes.

Considering difference among geographical areas and cities, this book investigates a wide range of real estate types, from residential and industrial, to logistic and commercial. It then goes on to consider asset allocation based on different risk proxies, and presents a thorough analysis of the gap between the current strategy adopted by institutional investors, and the optimal strategy to be employed.

Gianluca Mattarocci (MA and PhD), Lecturer of Financial Markets and Institutions at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, Department of Economics and Finance. His main research topics attain to the credit risk management and the real estate finance.

Dilek Pekdemir (MSc and PhD), Director of research at Cushman & Wakefield Turkey, Istanbul and part-time lecturer at Istanbul Technical University, Real Estate Development Master Progromme. Her main research topics; real estate markets, real estate investment, mathematical modelling, real estate market analysis.