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 0.6% in the month ending 30 July 2020. The AREIT index has marginally outperformed the S&P/ASX 200 return of 0.5% over the month. Over the 12 months to July 2020, AREITs posted a total return of -22.8% (12.9% lower than the S&P/ASX 200 return of -9.9%). AREITs have not yet fully recovered from the...