Cushman & Wakefield's Birmingham office hosted the annual MSCI/IPF results seminar to almost 50 IPF members.

Will Robson, executive director of MSCI noted that property gave a total return of 3.6 per cent in 2016, down on previous years, although the industrial and residential sectors provided well above average returns.

Graham Porter, head of º£½ÇÊÓÆµ Property Research from Aberdeen Asset Management gave a great insight into how they assess property investments the underlying dynamics of the market.