FTSE EPRA/NAREIT adds 12 Emerging Markets indices

The FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Real Estate Index series has extended its coverage with the addition of 12 new Emerging Markets indices, allowing investors to track the relative performance of listed property in emerging countries during a critical period for global markets.

Created in partnership with two of the world's leading real estate authorities, the European Public Real Estate Association (EPRA) and the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT), the indices are calculated in real-time by FTSE. The emerging market indices will join the existing indices which cover developed markets to form an expanded FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Real Estate Index series. The Emerging Markets indices provide investors with a diverse representation of over 70 publicly traded equity REITs and listed property companies from 13 emerging markets across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. These markets include: Brazil, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, the Philippines, Poland, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand and Turkey.

The new indices include: the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Emerging Index; the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Emerging EMEA Index; the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Emerging Europe Index; the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Emerging Middle East/Africa Index; the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Emerging Americas Index; and the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Emerging Asia Pacific Index.

'The global real estate marketplace has grown significantly in both size and diversity over the past few years. At the same time, investors are increasingly expressing interest in accessing emerging markets,' said Ronnee Ades, head of Alternatives, FTSE Group.