REIT as an Investment Avenue: A Comparative Study of Embassy REIT and Mindspace REIT

The Real Asset Investment Trusts have emerged as an attractive investment avenue in the past decade. Just like mutual funds give exposure towards various debt and equity instruments, similarly REIT provide exposure towards Physical Real Estate. They invest in revenue generating real estate and pass on that to Investors. The REIT can be exchanged in listed stock exchanges. The unit holder may earn the benefits of price appreciation like stock and also the benefit of dividend declared by REIT. In this research, the Researcher opted for comparing the top two REIT based on market capitalization namely Embassy REIT and Mindspace REIT. The comparison shown non significant difference in the case of quarterly returns generated by REIT whereas significant difference in the dividend distribution (%) generated by REIT.