Investment property portfolio management and financial derivatives: Paper 1

Abstract

Derivatives have been an expanding and controversial feature of the financial markets since the late 1980s. They are used by a wide range of manufacturers and investors to manage risk. This paper analyses the role and potential of financial derivatives investment property portfolio management. The limitations and problems of direct investment in commercial property are briefly discussed and the main principles and types of derivatives are analysed and explained. The potential of financial derivatives to mitigate many of the problems associated with direct property investment is examined.

Citation

McAllister, P. and Mansfield, J.R. (1998), "Investment property portfolio management and financial derivatives: Paper 1", Property Management, Vol. 16 No. 3, pp. 166-169. https://doi.org/10.1108/02637479810233041