By guest contributor Jeremy Jiang, analyst, Atchison Consultants Australian real estate investment trusts (AREITs), as represented by the S&P/ASX 200 REITs Index, returned -3.1% in October 2018, a significant outperformance of the S&P/ASX 200, which returned -6.1% over the month. Over the 12 months to October 2018, AREITs posted a total return of 7.3% versus 3.0% for the broader Australian share market. Merger and acquisition (“M&A”), buyback and REIT...