Pan European real estate equities had a volatile month with the index initially continuing its April rally then retreated before finishing with a rally off the month low point with the FTSE/EPRA NAREIT Developed Europe Index (in GBP) returning 0.46%. Continental Europe and the UK returned near identical numbers. The Trust’s NAV was 0.49% in line with the benchmark. The share price however rose 2%.
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April 2018
Pan European real estate equities had a strong month with the FTSE/EPRA NAREIT Developed Europe Index (in GBP) returning 4.36%. Continental Europe returned 4.1% (in EUR) a little behind the UK at 4.9%. The Trust NAV Total Return was 5.01%, 66bps ahead of the benchmark.
March 2018
Pan European real estate equities had a strong month with the benchmark (FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Europe Net TR in GBP) rising 2.55% on the back of the mix of a strong finish to the results season (particularly in Germany and Spain) coupled with the hint of further corporate activity in the UK.
February 2018
Pan European real estate equities performed poorly in February with the benchmark (in GBP) falling -4.58%. This weakness was clearly not confined to property equities but the sector has now fallen -7.5% from its January 7th peak underperforming the wider equity market. Over the last month there was little differential in performance between the UK (-5.1% in GBP) and Continental Europe (-5.4% in EUR).
January 2018
Pan European real estate equities started the New Year strongly (alongside broader equity markets) but gave up those gains and more, resulting in underperformance versus broader European equities with the benchmark falling -2.34%. The Trust’s NAV fell in line at -2.30%. Currency played its part with GBP strengthening against EUR. The Continental element of the benchmark fell less than 1% in EUR terms but when measured in GBP the figure was – 2.1%.