The European Public Real Estate Association, the National Association...

The European Public Real Estate Association, the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts and Euronext plan to launch a new global real estate equities index on Oct. 1. The EPRA/NAREIT Global Real Estate index will include 250 publicly quoted real estate companies in 21 countries throughout Europe, North America and Asia. The new index, which will serve as a benchmark for institutional investors, will be monitored by EPRA in Europe, NAREIT in North America, and by an independent committee in Asia.