By Chris Owens, Analyst, Atchison Consultants
Australian real estate investment trusts (AREITs), as represented by the S&P/ASX 200 AREIT Index, returned -2.6% in the month ending 28 February 2021. The AREIT index significantly underperformed the S&P/ASX 200 return of +1.5% over the month. Over the 12 months to February 2021, AREITs posted a total return of -12.0%. This is 18.5% lower than the S&P/ASX 200 return of +6.5%. Sector Performance Table 1 below shows the...