Why global property equities?
1. Real estate offers inflation protection
A recovering economy typically leads to rising rental income and increases the value of underlying real estate assets. Rental contracts are often linked to inflation through annual uplifts or are reset when they expire.
Rental contracts often have fixed or inflation linked annual uplifts
US 10-year Breakeven Inflation vs FTSE EPRA NAREIT Developed Index
Source: Janus Henderson Investors, FactSet, as at 30 June 2022.
Note: Chart shows YoY change from 2004 using weekly data, index performance in USD.
2. REIT income remains attractive
Attractive and sustainable yields at a premium to those of general equities and bonds. Reinvested dividends have comprised ~60% of long-term total return in the listed real estate sector.
Dividend yield spread elevated vs history, especially relative to corportate and high yield bonds
REIT Dividend Yield Spreads vs Equities
Source: Janus Henderson Investors, as at 30 June 2022.
Note: Benchmark: FTSE EPRA NAREIT Global Developed Index, MSCI World Index, Bloomberg US Corporate Total Return Value Unhedged USD, Bloomberg US High Yield ex Energy Total Return Index Value Unhedged USD. Past performance is not a guide to future performance.
3. Real estate allocations continue to grow
Whilst REITs are still a relatively young asset class, they have evolved into one which is very much relevant today and beyond. Institutional allocations to real estate continue to grow, supporting underlying real estate asset pricing, particularly in the more structurally supported sectors. These sectors offer highly visible long-term compounding return potential, driven by permanent and powerful secular tailwinds such as e-commerce, mobile data, cloud computing, 5G, changing demographics and sustainability.
Investment market volumes recovered sharply in 2021
Source: Hodes Weill, Janus Henderson Investors Analysis, as at 31 December 2021.
Note: Data after December 2021 are forecasted. Forecasts are subject to change without notice.
4. Portfolio diversification and liquidity
Global property equities offer a low cost, liquid and transparent way to gain exposure to a wide range of property sectors across geographies. Historically, REITs have shown a low correlation to bonds and equities, making them an efficient way to diversify portfolios and potentially help enhance risk-adjusted returns.1
Adding Property Equities may potentially increase returns and decrease risk
Source: Janus Henderson Investors, EPRA, as at 30 June 2022.
Note: The efficient frontier shows the minimum variance portfolio (or least risky portfolio) for a given rate of return. The resulting line shows the most efficient portfolio for any given combination of risk and return. Rational investors will construct portfolios that have risk-return profiles that are located on this frontier. The efficient frontiers are calculated using data from a rolling 10-year period.
"Property equities offer investors a liquid, diversified and low-cost way of accessing the global property market."
- Tim Gibson,
Co-Head of Global Property Equities
Why Janus Henderson for property equities?
5-star Morningstar rating 2 and numerous fund awards won by our property equities funds in the past five years. 3
Morningstar 2
Capture powerful secular themes
Focus on areas of structural growth such as industrial/logistics, rental residential, technology focused real estate assets with little exposure to more challenged sectors.
Actively managed by experienced experts with local expertise
Janus Henderson has managed listed real estate assets since 1997, with strong expertise and regional “on-the ground” teams in Asia, Europe and North America.
Various distribution options to suit your needs
Our property equities funds offer monthly and quarterly distribution share classes and a wide range of currencies. Aims to pay dividend* on monthly basis (A4m USD) / quarterly basis (A3q USD).4
*Dividend amount or dividend rate is not guaranteed. Positive dividend does not mean positive return. Distributions may be paid out of capital.
A time-tested, integrated approach to ESG
Our active management approach allows the integration of ESG into portfolio construction that can lead to meaningfully better performance.
Explore our suite of property equities funds
Global
Pan European
Asia-Pacific
Meet our team
Janus Henderson has managed listed real estate assets since 1997 and manages a total of US$3.6bn in global portfolios.
Our global property teams are based in the Europe, Asia and North America.
Europe
Guy Barnard, CFA
Co-Head of Property Equities
19 years' industry experience
Nicolas Scherf
Portfolio Manager
15 years' industry experience
Tom Foster, CFA
Investment Analyst
7 years’ industry experience
North America
Greg Kuhl, CFA
Portfolio Manager
17 years' industry experience
Danny Greenberger
Portfolio Manager
16 years' industry experience
Asia
Tim Gibson
Co-Head of Property Equities
21 years' industry experience
Xin Yan Low
Portfolio Manager
15 years' industry experience
Alex Koslover, CFA
Investment Analyst
9 years' industry experience
David Segall
Research Analyst
10 years' industry experience
Source: Janus Henderson Investors, as at 30 June 2022
Meet our team
Europe
Guy Barnard, CFA
Co-Head of Property Equities
18 years' industry experience
Nicolas Scherf
Portfolio Manager
14 years' industry experience
Tom Foster, CFA
Investment Analyst
6 years’ industry experience
North America
Greg Kuhl, CFA Portfolio Manager
16 years' industry experience
Danny Greenberger Portfolio Manager
15 years' industry experience
Alex Koslover, CFA Investment Analyst
8 years' industry experience
David Segall, Research Analyst
10 years' industry experience
Asia-Pacific
Tim Gibson
Co-Head of Property Equities
20 years' industry experience
Xin Yan Low
Portfolio Manager
14 years' industry experience
Source: Janus Henderson Investors, as at 31 December 2021.
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Footnotes:
- Nareit, FactSet as of 31/3/21, 10- and 30-year correlation data to 31/3/21, for FTSE Nareit All Equity REITs Index versus bond and equity indices.
- 5-star Morningstar rating for Janus Henderson Global Real Estate Equity Income Fund and Janus Henderson Horizon Pan European Property Equities Fund as at 30 June 2022.
- For more fund awards information, please visit the Janus Henderson Investors Awards page. Fund Selector Asia Awards 2022 Singapore, reflecting fund performance from 13 November 2020 to 12 November 2021, Equity Sector for Janus Henderson Horizon Global Property Equities Fund. Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards Singapore 2022, reflecting fund performance based on Janus Henderson Horizon Global Property Equities Fund, class A2 USD share, Equity Sector Real Estate Global, 3 and 5 years as of 31 December 2021. Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards Singapore 2021, reflecting fund performance based on Janus Henderson Horizon Global Property Equities Fund, class A2 USD share, Equity Sector Real Estate Global, 5 years as of 31 December 2020. For more information, see lipperfundawards.com. Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards, ©2022 Refinitiv. All rights reserved. Used under license.
- For dividend distribution frequency and details, please see the Janus Henderson Horizon Fund - Dividend Table PDF
- Morningstar, as at 30 June 2022. Europe OE Property - Indirect Global
- Morningstar, as at 30 June 2022. Europe OE Property - Indirect Europe
- Morningstar, as at 30 June 2022. Europe OE Property - Indirect Asia