Property derivatives: Market at last begins to fulfil its promise
Eurohypo began trying to push the market in 2003 but tax and regulatory issues mean that no trades were done until 2005. Only in 2006, when banks entered the market, did it become established. “It required investment banks to take risk on their balance sheets,” explains Stacey. “And to their credit, that’s what they have done.”
While index providers such as FTSE have waded into the commercial real estate market, the vast bulk of real estate derivatives trades to date have focused on the IPD All Property Index, which tracks commercial property valuations – not completed sales – across the UK annually, although quarterly and monthly updates are available.
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