Abstract
The main objective of this study is to provide international evidence on the discrepancy between suggested and actual allocations to real estate in institutional portfolios, and also to discuss possible reasons for the discrepancy. We use data for the U.S., U.K., Sweden, and Switzerland to investigate the benefits of including real estate assets? both domestic and international? in institutional portfolios. The optimal allocation to real estate is found to be 15% to 20%, and is remarkably stable across countries. The suggested allocations to real estate in institutional portfolios are then compared with the actual institutional holdings in these four countries. The latter are found to be much less than the former, and some possible explanations for the discrepancy are given. The study also reports a substantial home bias in institutional real estate portfolios.
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