Alternatives Investments

What do we do?

In Australia, Deutsche Asset Management offers Australian wholesale investors a diverse range of strategies and solutions across the alternatives spectrum including direct real estate and infrastructure, securities, and sustainable investments.

Liquid Real Assets

	USD $36 bn in AuM^[3]
	Almost 40 investment professionals located across the world^[4]
	Opportunity to leverage investment analysis from Deutsche Asset Management's global private real estate and infrastructure teams

For Australian institutions interested in accessing alternatives through liquid strategies, we offer products that invest in publicly-traded real estate and infrastructure securities including A-REITs, G-REITS and Global listed infrastructure.

A-REITs

Our A-REIT strategy aims to provide income returns and long-term capital growth by investing primarily in property trusts, and property related securities (listed) on the Australian Securities Exchange.

Headquartered in Sydney, the Australian real estate securities team comprises three investment professionals and a portfolio analyst. With local perspective, the team leverages the broader support of the global real estate securities platform situated in Chicago, London, Zurich and Hong Kong.

G-REITs

Our Global Real Estate Securities strategy aims to provide income returns and achieve long-term capital growth by investing primarily in publicly-traded equity securities in the real estate sector globally.

Headquartered in Chicago, the global real estate securities team comprises 16 investment professionals situated in Chicago, London, Zurich, Hong Kong and Sydney.

Listed Infrastructure

- Pioneers and one of the earliest investors in the asset class.
- Robust analytical framework combines in-depth due diligence and proprietary financial modelling.

At Deutsche Asset Management, we adopt a pure-play, asset-based focus to listed infrastructure which best replicates investment characteristics of private infrastructure to provide attractive risk adjusted returns relative to other asset classes. Our systematic valuation methodology adapts to the diversity of infrastructure and changing market conditions to uncover investment opportunities throughout the globe in a timely matter.

Learn more about Deutsche Asset Management's full global Liquid Real Assets offering

Direct Real Estate

	€55+ bn in AUM^[1]
	50+ year real estate investment heritage
	Focus: Equity and debt
	Integrated, research-driven approach
	Bottom-up view from portfolio, asset management and transactions professionals

At Deutsche Asset Management, we provide Australian wholesale investors access to global real estate opportunities across the entire equity spectrum including core, value-added and opportunistic, and real estate debt, as well as exposure to Deutsche Asset Management’s core range of regional private property strategies in Europe, U.S. and Asia Pacific.

Our mission is to deliver superior long-term, risk-adjusted returns, yield-generating opportunities, preservation of capital, and diversification. With a presence across Europe, U.S. and Asia, our size, reputation and longstanding relationships often give us access to investment opportunities before they are broadly marketed.

Read our latest real estate research reports

Learn more about our global real estate offering

Direct Infrastructure

	€20+ bn in AuM^[1]
	70 investment professionals and supporting functions

With an investment heritage spanning more than 25+ years of track record ^[5] Deutsche Asset Management has one of the longest infrastructure track-records in the industry.

Investing in economic infrastructure such as airports, transportation, utilities and energy related assets, we offer a diverse range of strategies across the risk / return and geographic spectrums, including infrastructure equity and debt.

We have been involved in landmark infrastructure transactions across the globe including infrastructure privatization and major investments in motorway, locomotive leasing and airports in Continental Europe, most notably Austria, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom.

Read our latest European infrastructure research reports

Learn more about our infrastructure offering