Key points at a glance
- Global diversification: Access to major real estate markets, including North and South America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific
- Broad range of real estate sectors: Investments in prime commercial, industrial, and residential properties cover the most important sectors
- Indirect investment strategy: Investments in real estate vehicles that pursue core or core-plus strategies
AXA Vorsorge Global Real Estate Fund
The global real estate fund gives investors access to a broadly diversified core portfolio of real estate investments in major markets worldwide (12 target funds/2,000 properties).
The globally diversified real estate fund includes regions such as North and South America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. It covers the most important real estate sectors: Office, industrial and logistics, residential, and retail.
As part of an indirect investment strategy, the fund invests primarily in real estate vehicles that pursue core or core-plus strategies. Selected structures geared towards added value or opportunistic strategies are also taken into account to exploit additional opportunities.
Solid real estate portfolio with a focus on commercial and residential properties
What sets the AXA Vorsorge Global Real Estate Fund apart?
The global real estate fund invests for the long term and offers a solid real estate portfolio with the following characteristics:
- Portfolio comprising core properties: Focus on residential and first-class commercial properties in attractive locations (see chart)
- High level of stability: Real estate investments with stable income and values as well as low vacancy rates
- Highly diversified: Geographic distribution, type of use, size of property, and tenant mix (see chart)
- NAV-based unit prices: Lower price fluctuations (no premium/discount)
- High level of trust: AXA’s pension fund also invests in the AXA Vorsorge Global Real Estate Fund
Frequently asked questions
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What does global real estate mean?
- A “global real estate” fund invests in real estate in various countries and offers broad geographical diversification.
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What are the opportunities for investments in unlisted global real estate funds?
- Low correlation to other asset classes such as equities, bonds, etc.
- Access to international real estate investments, since investments in Switzerland are limited
- Stable cash inflows
- Can help stabilize the value of the portfolio as a whole in the future as well
- Additional geographical diversification
- Easy access to an indirect and diversified global real estate investment
- Property valuation at net asset value (no premium)
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What are the risks of investments in unlisted global real estate funds?
- Currency risk due to country allocation
- Interest rate decisions by central banks have an impact on the valuation and performance of real estate investments
- Political uncertainty in the countries invested in
- Limited liquidity (limited tradability)
- As well as leading to upward revaluations, valuation adjustments applied to real estate can also result in devaluations and therefore in a lower net asset value