Our approach

The Research & Investment Strategy (RIS) group provides in-depth proprietary analysis to support ING Clarion’s investment decision-making process.

• Strategic: RIS provides useful, timely and pragmatic analysis and data, facilitating the understanding of new investments and optimizing portfolio returns. This approach results in actionable and realistic recommendations grounded in real-world experience.
• Collaborative: RIS draws on the diverse capabilities of more than a dozen researchers, as well as the broad knowledge available across the organization. The RIS team includes professionals with expertise and credentials in a variety of real estate-related disciplines, including economics, financial and statistical analysis, development, law, urban planning, geography and architecture. In addition, RIS consults with colleagues in Acquisitions, Portfolio Management and Asset Management, leveraging ING’s global network of professionals.
• Comprehensive: RIS provides top-down and bottom-up analysis, covering national, regional and local markets across all property sectors. Analytical studies incorporate a wide range of published data, as well as on-the-ground research, including interviews and market/site visits. RIS publishes a range of internal and external studies, from reports on macroeconomic and industry trends to tailored market analysis and forecasts for potential acquisitions.

Services

RIS’ activities are focused on five related services. Each service helps to inform the others, interacting to create analytical tools that support the investment decision-making process.

• Macroeconomic Analysis & Strategy: Top-down analysis of economic, demographic and capital market trends to establish priorities for future investment decisions.
• National Market Research & Transaction Review: Bottom-up analysis of potential acquisitions, including market and submarket analysis and forecasts to support the acquisitions process.
• Portfolio Analytics & Quantitative Forecasting: Modern Portfolio Theory analysis optimizes portfolio strategies at the sector, market and regional levels. Our extensive proprietary models provide unique and customizable tools for analyzing past performance and forecasting market and industry trends. 
• New Product and Market Development: RIS plays a key role in fund and product development initiatives ranging from extensions of existing lines to new businesses and markets including opportunistic funds, new markets and business strategies.
• Geographic Information Systems & Spatial Analytics: Sophisticated mapping for both analysis and presentation purposes integrated in all of our research assignments.