THE ROLE OF EUROPEAN EMERGING MARKET PROPERTY COMPANIES IN A PORTFOLIO GRAEME NEWELL University of Western Sydney ALEX MOSS Macquarie Securities STANLEY McGREAL University of Ulster and KIM NGUYEN University of Western Sydney
INTRODUCTION Developed property markets Emerging property markets European emerging property markets Previous research *General*Property *European property
PURPOSE OF PAPER Nine (9) European emerging property markets Listed property securities Risk-adjusted performance Portfolio diversification Mixed-asset portfolios Property investment implications
GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS #33: Estonia#36: Czech Republic#39: Poland #40: Cyprus#45: Slovenia#46: Portugal #47: Lithuania#52: Hungary#60: Slovak Republic #61: Turkey#63: Russia#67: Romania #71: Bulgaria#77: Croatia#83: Greece
CORRUPTION PERCEPTION #26: Estonia#27: Slovenia#28: Cyprus #32: Portugal#41: Poland#46: Lithuania #50: Hungary#53: Czech Republic#56: Turkey #69: Romania#73: Bulgaria#78: Greece #154: Russia
INSTITUTIONAL GRADE PROPERTY MARKET #11: Russia (6)#18: Turkey (10)#24: Poland (14) #25: Greece (15)#30: Portugal (19)#34: Czech Republic (20) #42: Romania (21)#43: Hungary (22) #44: Slovakia (23) #46: Ukraine (24)#50: Slovenia (26)#53: Bulgaria (27)
PROPERTY TRANSPARENCY #19: Portugal (13)#22: Poland (16)#24: Czech Republic (18) #27: Hungary (19)#29: Greece (21)#30: Slovakia (22) #31: Russia (Tier 1) (23)#32: Romania (24)#35: Russia (Tier 2) (25) #36: Turkey (26)#40: Bulgaria (27)#43: Russia (Tier 3) (28) #46: Ukraine (29)#53: Slovenia (30)#61: Croatia (31) #70: Kazakhstan (32)#78: Belarus (33) Transparent: #19-#27 (4) Semi-transparent: #29-#53 (10) Low-transparency: #61-#78 (3) Improvements:
SECURITISED PROPERTY RussiaPolandTurkey GreeceHungaryBulgaria Czech RepublicCyprusPortugal EstoniaLatvia REITs #13: Turkey#19: Greece#21: Bulgaria
PROPERTY ACTIVITY: 2010: COUNTRIES #13: Russia#21: Poland#24: Turkey #27: Portugal#32: Czech Republic #35: Romania #36: Ukraine#38: Hungary
PROPERTY ACTIVITY: 2010: CITIES PROPERTY ACTIVITY: Q #13: Poland#19: Czech Republic#23: Turkey #26: Ukraine#27: Romania#31: Hungary #33: Croatia#35: Russia #15: Moscow
EMERGING MARKETS: GLOBAL CONTEXT Listed property securities Contribution * developed: 80%* emerging 20% Emerging market contribution: regions Asia: 54%Americas: 15% ME&A: 25%Europe: 5% EPRA emerging markets index
EMERGING MARKETS: EUROPEAN CONTEXT Listed property securities 93% versus 7% Europe emerging = 1.0% global #12: Russia#17: Poland#18: Turkey Europe EPRA emerging markets index
METHODOLOGY Listed property securities European emerging markets (9) Bulgaria CyprusCzech Republic GreeceHungaryPoland PortugalRussiaTurkey European developed markets (3) U KFranceSweden Stocks January April 2011: monthly total returns Risk-adjusted performance; portfolio diversification Sub-period analysis January 2007-June 2009 July 2009-April 2011
PROFILE: APRIL 2011 Country# of property securitiesMarket capRank Bulgaria20£ 0.2 B#5 Cyprus5£ 0.1 B#7 Czech Republic3£ 0.1 B#7 Greece8£ 0.9 B#4 Hungary3£ 0.2 B#5 Poland14£ 2.4 B#2 Portugal3£ 0.1 B#9 Russia8£ 6.5 B#1 Turkey18£ 2.1 B#3 Europe Emerging82£ 12.5 B UK146£ 40.9 B France71£ 50.2 B Sweden22£ 15.4 B
PROPERTY SECURITIES PERFORMANCE Country Average annual return Annual risk Risk/return ratio Bulgaria-7.74%17.43%-2.25 Cyprus-20.89%32.59%-1.56 Czech Republic-20.64%28.74%-1.39 Greece-20.85%30.23%-1.45 Hungary-6.15%21.72%-3.53 Poland-11.77%32.53%-2.76 Portugal25.90%54.36% 2.10 Russia-5.79%47.85%-8.27 Turkey16.68%27.59% 1.65 Europe emerging-2.80%34.03% UK-18.52%29.88% France-4.54%24.21%-5.33 Sweden-1.79%32.92% Europe developed-11.65%24.22%-2.08
STOCK PERFORMANCE Country Average annual return Annual risk Risk/return ratio Bulgaria-20.43%40.43%-1.98 Cyprus-24.82%47.47%-1.91 Czech Republic-1.70%29.08% Greece-23.80%36.31%-1.53 Hungary-0.64%28.47% Poland-0.18%26.38% Portugal-5.13%22.24%-4.34 Russia-0.65%34.46% Turkey17.27%33.33%1.93 UK3.64%17.46%4.80 France-3.31%20.06%-6.06 Sweden3.46%21.69%6.27
DIVERSIFICATION: PROPERTY SECURITIES BULG.CYPR.CZECHGREECEHUNG.POL.PORT.RUSS.TURK.EMERG.DEVEL. BULG.1.00 CYPR CZECH GREECE HUNG POL PORT RUSS TURK EMERG DEVEL
DIVERSIFICATION: STOCKS BULG.CYPR.CZECHGREECEHUNG.POL.PORT.RUSS.TURK. BULG.1.00 CYPR CZECH GREECE HUNG POL PORT RUSS TURK
PROPERTY/STOCK CORRELATIONS Bulgaria: 0.70Cyprus: 0.41 Czech Rep.: 0.54Greece: 0.71 Hungary: 0.68Poland: 0.85 Portugal: 0.06Russia: 0.67 Turkey: 0.83 UK: 0.68France: 0.67 Sweden: 0.57
SUB-PERIOD RETURNS: PROPERTY Bulgaria:-16.68% 6.01% Cyprus:-16.82% % Czech Rep.:-26.80% % Greece:-15.83% % Hungary:-14.84% 7.14% Poland: % 17.85% Portugal:22.61% 30.52% Russia:-29.29% 39.32% Turkey:-1.55% 47.11% Emerging:-21.62% 30.35% Developed:-33.66% 30.59%
SUB-PERIOD RISK: PROPERTY Bulgaria: 20.37% 11.79% Cyprus: 32.92% 32.80% Czech Rep.: 27.64% 30.51% Greece: 33.19% 26.17% Hungary: 25.60% 14.80% Poland: 39.35% 18.27% Portugal: 44.61% 66.45% Russia: 54.24% 36.37% Turkey: 30.46% 22.22% Emerging:40.41% 21.31% Developed:25.04% 18.47%
SUB-PERIOD RISK: STOCKS Bulgaria: 47.54% 26.81% Cyprus: 55.07% 35.78% Czech Republic: 33.40% 20.82% Greece: 37.23% 35.89% Hungary:32.51% 20.86% Poland: 30.79% 16.90% Portugal: 25.75% 16.39% Russia: 41.35% 19.05% Turkey: 38.20% 25.12% UK:18.38% 14.68% France:21.53% 16.75% Sweden:25.46% 13.56%
SUB-PERIOD PROPERTY/STOCKS CORRELATIONS Bulgaria: 0.77 0.34Cyprus: 0.49 0.29 Czech Republic: 0.63 0.41Greece: 0.68 0.79 Hungary:0.78 0.30Poland: 0.86 0.73 Portugal: 0.09 0.03Russia: 0.70 0.51 Turkey: 0.85 0.75 UK:0.57 0.84France:0.61 0.71 Sweden:0.57 0.49 Emerging property/Developed property:0.66 0.45
EUROPEAN EMERGING MARKET PROPERTY INVESTMENT IMPLICATIONS Size; maturity; significance Risk-adjusted returns Portfolio diversification Sub-period analysis * risk * diversification