Real Estate Investor Magazine South Africa July 2015 | Page 19

Investors can invest in listed property through Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) or Property Exhange Traded Funds (ETFs). Listed REITs are regulated by legislation which requires excellent governance and reporting. For investors who want to back the winners in the listed property sector, a useful resource is the annual Investment Property Databank (IPD) Direct Property Investment Awards, which highlights superior fund performance, based on annualised re