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For decades, businesses spanning multiple global sectors have been increasing female representation in their boardrooms. In fact, certain industry groups and governments have even set a goal of at least 30 percent female board representation by 2018.
Real estate companies and funds are showing improvement across all aspects of environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance, according to the 2016 Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) Real Estate, Developer and Debt assessments.
“The global real estate sector is working to manage its carbon footprint, build resilience in the face of climate change and respond to more stringent environmental regulations,” said Nils Kok, CEO of GRESB.
In the latest edition of Fundamentally Speaking, Calvin Schnure, NAREIT’s senior vice president for research and economic analysis, said NAREIT’s T-Tracker series showed good operating performance by REITs in the second quarter, and also points to “solid underpinnings” for future conditions in the REIT industry.
Schnure noted that funds from operations (FFO) for all Equity REITs rose a little more than 7 percent to $ 14.5 billion, which is more than 10 percent higher than a year ago.
In the latest edition of Fundamentally Speaking, Calvin Schnure, NAREIT’s senior vice president for research and economic analysis, said NAREIT’s T-Tracker series highlights a “solid, sustained” performance for the REIT industry in the third quarter.
NAREIT’s T-Tracker is a comprehensive measure of operating performance for the total listed REIT industry. It looks at funds from operations (FFO), net operating income (NOI) and total dividends paid and reports the data on a quarterly basis.
NAREIT’s Total REIT Industry Tracker Series (NAREIT T-Tracker) results for the third quarter of 2015 point to a steady improvement in REIT operating performance.
U.S. listed Equity REITs produced total funds from operation (FFO) of $ 13.4 billion in the third quarter, 2.7 percent higher compared with the second quarter and a 13.1 percent increase from the third quarter of 2014.
CEM Benchmarking Inc., an independent provider of cost and performance analysis for pension funds, endowments, foundations and sovereign wealth funds, and NAREIT, the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts®, announced a new study by CEM on U.S. pension fund performance and investment costs.
