This study drew hypotheses from review of prior researches and analyzed them empirically to compare and analyze the earning rate between REITs and real estate funds and determine correlation with other financial instruments. Despite REITs longer hist...
This study drew hypotheses from review of prior researches and analyzed them empirically to compare and analyze the earning rate between REITs and real estate funds and determine correlation with other financial instruments. Despite REITs longer history than that of real estate funds, there are remarkably few REITs, which have failed to be activated. Although they might have failed to be established actively because of initial legal restrictions, this study formulated a hypothesis that there would be differences in terms of the earning rate and made an analysis, assuming that there would be differences in terms of the earning rate and risks between REITs and real estate funds. So assuming that the earning rate as compared with risks of real estate funds, which were activated despite shorter history, would be greater than that of REITs, the size of risks and the earning rate of those two indirect investment instruments was compared and analyzed. The results of the analysis showed that the sharpe ratio for REITs had a high (+) rate as compared with risks on the average. With high and stable investment performance in general, real estate funds had very remarkable rise and fall in (-) and (+), along with instability, as compared with the ratio of REITs. Comparison of market perform showed that REITs had a higher earning rate in a narrower range of fluctuation on the average, while real estate funds had a lower earning rate in a wider range of fluctuation, having relatively greater risks. In terms of the earning rate and risks, contrary to the initial hypothesis suggesting more activation due to the higher earning rate, it was shown that REITs had a more stably higher earning rate than real estate funds. According to correlation analysis to determine correlation with other financial instruments, REITs had stronger positive correlation with the Korea composite stock price index, corporate bonds, and treasury bonds than real estate funds. Specifically, REITs showed relatively higher correlation with the Korean composite stock price index, return of corporate bond, return of treasury bond, and architecture business index, with the exception of CD. Except the Korean composite stock price index and architecture business index, real estate funds showed lower correlation with return of corporate bond, return of treasury bond, and architecture business index than REITs. Therefore, REITs and real estate funds, both of which showed high correlation with the Korean composite stock price index and architecture business index, were found to be affected by stock and real estate markets; it was concluded that real estate funds had greater portfolio effects than REITs.