Deep Dive: A 'bleak' future but not a 'forgone conclusion' for open-ended property funds

‘Asset/liability mismatch’

James Baxter-Derrington
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Recent suspensions have brought open-ended property funds back into the spotlight, leaving investors to debate the future of a structure some argue houses an “inherent mismatch”.

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