One to Watch: HSBC Open Global Property fund

HSBC Open Global Property fund

FE Research scours the vast investment universe to select lesser known funds for your portfolios.

Property has been largely unloved since the horrors of 2007 and 2008, but investors are slowly but surely realising the diversification benefits of this income-paying asset class. One of the funds we like most in the IMA Property sector is FE Alpha Manager Guy Morrell’s £95m HSBC Open Global Property fund. As the asset class becomes more popular, this is one that is likely to get a lot of attention. Property funds tend to either invest directly in commercial real estate or in the shares of property companies. Physical property tends to be less volatile but has very poor liquidity as t...