By guest contributor Chris Owens, Analyst, Atchison Consultants
Australian real estate investment trusts (AREITs), as represented by the S&P/ASX 200 REITs Index, returned 7.9% in the month ending 31 August 2020. The AREIT index has outperformed the S&P/ASX 200 return of 2.8% over the month. Over the 12 months to August 2020, AREITs posted a total return of -17.7%, 12.6% lower than the S&P/ASX 200 return of -5.1%. AREITs have not yet fully recovered from the 35.5%...