Real estate fund from Swiss Life Asset Managers generates stable income
The Swiss Life REF (CH) ESG Swiss Properties real estate fund generated income of a good CHF 20 million in the first half of the 2022/23 financial year. The value of the portfolio increased to CHF 2.56 billion. The fund currently holds 161 properties.
The Swiss Life REF (CH) ESG Swiss Properties real estate fund closed the first half of the 2022/23 financial year “with low vacancy rates and stable income”, Swiss Life Asset Managers announced in a statement. Specifically, income of CHF 20.26 million was realised. In addition, there was a capital gain of CHF 3.81 million from the sale of a residential portfolio consisting of five smaller apartment buildings. The rent default rate was reduced from 2.97 to 1.76 per cent compared to the end of March 2022.
The net asset value rose year-on-year from 112.01 francs to 114.34 francs. The fund currently holds 161 properties with a total value of 2.562 billion francs. At the end of 2022, Swiss Life Asset Managers had acquired 15 properties with a total market value of CHF 242 million.
Since the fund’s launch in November 2015, Swiss Life REF (CH) ESG Swiss Properties has posted an annualised performance of 6.04%. This means that the price performance and distributions are 2.01 percentage points above the SXI Real Estate Funds TR benchmark index, explains the asset manager, which is part of the Swiss Life Group.