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Germany’s listed market overtakes UK’s for first time

By 2018-05-10T23:00:00

Vonovia Germany

Underperforming stocks, investor wariness and a weak pound are blamed for UK’s fall from top spot.

Germany took the top spot despite 2017 being a bumper year for real estate initial public offerings (IPOs) in the UK. The sector accounted for 15% of all UK IPOs and REITs made up 90% of those. So why has the UK’s listed market fallen behind?

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