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Uncertainty has weighed on the UK since the EU referendum in 2016, compounded by a poor response to COVID-19 in 2020, creating conditions where the UK not only had a health crisis but also where GDP contracted by 9.9% – the deepest slump since 1709.

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Coming off the back of a notable long period of very low interest rates globally, this report examines the past evolution of this style of investing (emerging market dividend investing), and examines whether there is a renewed opportunity and demand to allocate to emerging markets equity high yielding strategies.

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The investment thesis for agriculture was put to the test in 2020 as the COVID-19 crisis unfolded. There were both positive and negative economic factors arising from the pandemic and its impact on the economy, however, on balance, the agricultural markets and economies emerged relatively unscathed.

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With 10-year UK Government bonds (“Gilts”) and US Treasury Bonds offering 0.8% and 1.6% respectively at the time of writing and the FTSE 100 Index offering an aggregated dividend yield of 3.8% as at 31st December 2020, what is a fair yield for core UK real estate?

Learn more UK Commercial Real Estate: High Yield Needn’t Mean High Risk