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Trusts better for property says TR Property manager

Marcus Phayre-Mudge, manager of TR Property, on why investment trusts make better vehicles for property and where he is finding opportunities in the UK and Europe.
November 3, 2016

Only one of the UK commercial property funds which suspended dealing after the EU referendum vote remains closed to investors. But Marcus Phayre-Mudge, manager of IC Top 100 Fund, TR Property Investment Trust (TRY), thinks that's one too many.

He believes the financial regulator should consider only allowing closed-end funds to invest in real estate.

"Open-end and real estate shouldn't be in the same sentence," he says. "The only reason these funds are considered lower volatility is because of their daily dealing but the valuations [of properties in their portfolios] take place only every month or every quarter. If I turned on my Bloomberg screen only four or 12 times a year I would have lower volatility too, it's a complete illusion."

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