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Institutional investors are increasingly looking to real estate as an investment option; the asset class has typically provided attractive risk-adjusted returns, a cash flow stream that can be matched to liabilities, a hedge to inflation, attractive yields, and low correlations to other asset classes. Real estate can be viewed as a hybrid asset class that combines stock-like apprecia-tion and bond-like yields. However, despite its similarities to certain attributes of both stocks and bonds, the risk/return profile of real estate cannot be replicated synthetically, making real estate a unique asset class.
Source : Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management
