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Long-term lowering of GDP growth and interest rates in a late-cycle environment are encouraging an increase in cross-border capital flows to both diversify risk and chase enhanced returns. As cross-border investment grows... 

Mutual Funds in India are allowed to hold up to 10% of the units issued by a single REIT. However,  insurance companies in India are allowed to hold a maximum of only 5% of the units issued by a single REIT, provided it is less than 3% of the total investable corpus of the company.

As per data reports, globally real estate remains a principal component of most pension fund portfolios, with 87% of all public and 73% of all private sector pension funds currently investing in the asset class. REITs are seen as a stable investment class. As per APREA’s report on “The Impact of REITs on Asian Economies”, REITs are generally regarded as providing investment characteristics that lie between stocks and bonds. Similarly to bonds, REITs offer a relatively secure and steady income, in the form of dividends derived from rental income.

Around the middle of the last century, independent India began a fresh journey with a goal of developing its vast human capital and maximizing its resources. From being a predominantly agrarian economy at that stage, India too a plunge to develop its secondary sector, which propelled urbanization. New urban centres were created, and population began to grow in these centres.