The FTSE EPRA Global Real Estate Index is a stock market index series jointly managed by EPRA (Brussels), FTSE (UK) and NAREIT (US), composed of property company constituents that trade on several global exchanges.
The European Public Real Estate Association (EPRA), is a non-profit association representing Europe's publicly listed property companies. It is run by an independent management board chaired by David Atkins, CEO of UK property firm Hammerson. EPRA's CEO is Philip Charls, Director of Research, Indices and Investor Outreach is Fraser Hughes.
Decisions taken regarding a constituent's inclusion or exclusion from the various index categories of the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT index series are taken by the index committee for that region, quarterly, on the last day of trading after hours. The decisions are strictly governed by the index ground rules.