DBRE’s largest county weight is almost 21.5% to Japan followed by nearly 15% to the U.K. Australia, France, Canada and Hong Kong also receive double-digit allocations in the new ETF.
Like their U.S. counterparts, international real estate investment trusts (REITs) are embraced by income investors due to stout yields. In fact, REIT yields in Australia, Europe ex-U.K., Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and the U.K. are higher than 10-year government bond yields in those countries, according to Deutsche data.
DBRE charges 0.48% per year while DBIF charges 0.45%.
Deutsche AWM is one of the fastest-growing issuers of U.S.-listed ETFs with $12.1 billion in U.S. ETF assets as of March 31, a 175% increase from the end of 2014.
DBRE Country Exposures
Illustrations Courtesy: Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management