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Indirect real estate investment is fast developing in Europe, and during the last decade, the size of the market has grown because of an increasing interest from institutional investors due to the increase of market transparency and the development of the asset management industry (Hoesli and Lekander, 2005). One of the key issues identified by the literature on indirect real estate investments is the portfolio allocation that reduces the overall risk assumed using the advantages related to the diversification opportunities (McGreal et al., 2009).
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Mattarocci, G., Pekdemir, D. (2015). Introduction. In: Mattarocci, G., Pekdemir, D. (eds) European Real Estate. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137436122_1
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