Understanding the underlying potential of listed property companies

Abstract

Listed property companies are considered as another type of investment in the area of property investment in the global market. Therefore, listed property companies attract interest from a wide market globally. It has been observed that most of the previous researches have focused on risk adjusted return, diversification potential, optimal asset allocation and the dynamics of volatility of the investment whilst studying the performance of listed property companies. In addition, there have been some researches also conducted on the Malaysian listed property companies in the past. Hence, this paper attempts to provide a thorough understanding and knowledge of the listed property companies globally especially in Asia.