By Chris Owens, analyst, Atchison Consultants Australian real estate investment trusts (AREITs), as represented by the S&P/ASX 200 AREIT Index, returned -9.5% in the month ending 31 January 2022. AREITs outperformed the S&P/ASX 200 return of -6.4% over the month. Over the 12 months to January 2022, AREITs posted a strong total return of 19.0%, outperforming the S&P/ASX 200 return of 9.4%. Sector Performance Table 1 below shows the performance...