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MSCI announces winners of the MSCI European Property Investment Awards 2019

Tuesday 1 October, 2019

London – October 1, 2019: MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MSCI), a leading provider of indexes, portfolio construction, risk management tools and services for global investors, has announced the winning funds and fund houses for the 21st annual MSCI European Property Investment Awards.


The MSCI European Property Investment Awards acknowledge the European property funds that have outperformed in their country group, over the three years to December 2018.


The awards are based upon independently verified investment performance by pension and life funds, pooled funds, property investment companies and other professionally managed real estate portfolios, across more than 580 eligible portfolios, and are determined by MSCI’s standardised performance measurement metrics.


Commenting on the awards, René Veerman, Head of EMEA Analytics and Real Estate Coverage at MSCI, said: “In a world of persistently low interest rates and an increased need for diversification and risk mitigation, investors have turned to real estate for greater returns and now the asset class makes up increasingly large proportions of their portfolios.


“These awards are based on our defined data standards and performance measurement procedures, and each of the winners has proven themselves against those criteria and excelled over their peers. We’re delighted to publicly recognize the tremendous performance of these portfolios and the efforts of their associated teams in delivering outstanding returns for investors.”


To be eligible for the annual awards, all funds were measured by MSCI’s Enterprise Analytics, which provides investors with measurement of returns against a relevant market or sector benchmark.


The country awards identify consistently measured real estate investment performance across two categories:


• Balanced: highest total return relative to the real estate All Property benchmark annualised over three years to December 2018


• Specialist: highest total return relative to the real estate sector benchmark annualised over three years to December 2018


In addition, two further awards are given to:


• The best performing pan-European balanced fund, based on the highest three-year NAV-level performance


• The best European fund with the highest long-term risk-adjusted return


AWARD CATEGORIES & WINNERS


France Fund Awards


Balanced Fund


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Fund: Groupe Agrica


Fund Manager: Groupe Agrica – Direction financière


Specialist Fund


Fund: OPCI Foncière Franklin


Fund Manager: AEW


Germany Fund Awards


Balanced Fund


Fund: AXA Direktbestand Deutschland


Fund Manager: AXA Investment Managers - Real Assets


Specialist Fund


Fund: SOKA-BAU ZVK Immobilienportfolio


Fund Manager: SOKA-BAU Zusatzversorgungskasse des Baugewerbes AG


Ireland Fund Awards


Balanced Fund


Fund: Aviva Irish Property Fund


Fund Manager: Aviva Investors


Italy Fund Awards


Balanced Fund


Fund: Fondo Immobiliare Negri


Fund Manager: BNP PARIBAS REIM SGR P.A.


Specialist Fund


Fund: Porta Nuova Garibaldi Fund


Fund Manager: Coima SGR


Netherlands Fund Awards


Balanced Fund


Fund: Stichting Rabobank Pensioenfonds


Fund Manager: Syntrus Achmea Real Estate & Finance B.V.


Specialist Fund


Fund: Bouwinvest Dutch Institutional Retail Fund N.V.


Fund Manager: Bouwinvest Real Estate Investors B.V.


Norway Fund Awards


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Balanced Fund


Fund: OBOS Eiendom AS


Fund Manager: OBOS Eiendom AS


Portugal Fund Awards


Balanced Fund


Fund: CA Património Crescente


Fund Manager: Square Asset Management


Specialist Fund


Fund: Fundo de Investimento Imobiliário SETE COLINAS


Fund Manager: SILVIP – Sociedade Gestora de Fundos de Investimento Imobiliário, S.A.


Spain Fund Awards


Specialist Fund


Fund: Inmobiliaria Colonial SOCIMI


Fund Manager: Inmobiliaria Colonial SOCIMI


Sweden Fund Awards


Balanced Fund


Fund: Axfast


Fund Manager: Axfast AB


Specialist Fund


Fund: Slussgården


Fund Manager: Slussgården


Pan European Fund Awards


Balanced Fund


Fund: PATRIZIA PanEuropean Property Limited Partnership


Fund Manager: PATRIZIA


European long-term risk-adjusted relative return award


Specialist Fund


Fund: Fondo Eracle


Fund Manager: Generali Real Estate SpA SGR


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