Insights

Quay’s Co-Principal and Portfolio Manager, Justin Blaess, speaks with Bennelong Account Director, Jodie Saw, about the impact of high rates on REITs (less of an issue than most expect), the mismatch between supply and demand (the main drivers of return), the opportunities emerging globally, and Quay’s long-term earnings outlook.

Justin Blaess, Quay's Principal and Portfolio Manager, was recently interviewed on Money Management's Relative Return podcast. 

Being an investor in listed global real estate has been tough of late. With expectations of a global recession caused by unprecedented interest rate increases, sentiment towards listed global real estate has soured. 

Apart from the very short COVID-induced downturn in 2020, Australia has largely avoided a material economic recession since 1990-91, where unemployment peaked at almost 12%. As central banks around the world continue their crusade to deliver on their targeted level of unemployed citizens, there have been signs of some deceleration in the Australian economy.

Continuing its streak of wins, the Quay Global Real Estate Fund (Unhedged) has won the award for International Listed Property at the Financial Standard Investment Leadership Awards and the award for Global Property Securities Fund at Money Management’s Fund Manager of the Year Awards.

Chris Bedingfield speaks with Bennelong Account Director, Mai Platts, about the latest results from reporting season, Quay’s current portfolio positioning, the opportunities in residential and self-storage, and the ongoing impact of inflation and bank failures.

A sequel to our recent Investment Perspectives, Is the Aussie residential market bottoming?, this article explores how residential markets have fared in the US, UK and Canada, and assesses the medium to long-term outlook for housing.

For listed real estate, the fear across markets during March was palpable. One could almost cut it like a knife.

Chris Bedingfield speaks with Bennelong’s Holly Old about the future of house prices in Australia, the fear of renting again, and what history has taught us about the next global crisis.