Diversification Benefits in the Finnish Commercial Property Market

• Authors: Heidi Falkenbach

Title variants

LT

Diversifikacijos nauda Suomijos komercinio nekilnojamojo turto rinkoje

Abstracts

EN

The Finnish commercial property market internationalised rapidly in the beginning of the 21stcentury. According to the portfolio theory and previous research on international property investments, the main motivation factor driving international real estate investments is the possibility to reach diversification benefits. The paper discusses the diversification benefits offered by the Finnish property market in its early years of internationalisation. As international real estate investors in the Finnish property market include investors with both real estate only, as well as mixed-asset portfolios, the diversification benefits are studied both in terms of a Finnish mixed-asset portfolio, as well as international real estate portfolio.

LT

XXI a. pradžioje Suomijos komercinio nekilnojamojo turto rinkoje sparčiai vyko tarptautiniai procesai. Remiantis portfelio teorija ir ankstesniais tyrimais apie tarptautines investicijas į nekilnojamąjį turtą, pagrindinis veiksnys, kuris skatina tarptautines nekilnojamojo turto investicijas - tai galimybė gauti diversifikacijos teikiamą naudą. Darbe aptariama, kokią naudą siūlė Suomijos nekilnojamojo turto rinka ankstyvaisiais internacionalizacijos metais. Kadangi kai kurie Suomijos nekilnojamojo turto rinkoje veikiantys tarptautiniai nekilnojamojo turto investuotojai užsiima tik nekilnojamuoju turtu, o yra ir tokių, kurie turi mišraus turto portfelius, diversifikacijos nauda nagrinėjama ir pagal Suomijos mišraus turto portfelį, ir pagal tarptautinį nekilnojamojo turto portfelį.

Keywords

EN

Property portfolio; Mixed-asset portfolio; Real estate; International diversification; Finland

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: International Journal of Strategic Property Management
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 23-35

Contributors

author

Heidi Falkenbach

• Real Estate Research Group, Helsinki University of Technology, P.O. Box 1200, FIN-02015 TKK, Finland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.3846/1648-715X.2009.13.23-35