Laurel Durkay

Head of Global Listed Real Assets
22 years industry experience

Biography

Laurel Durkay joined Morgan Stanley in 2020 and has 22 years of investment experience. She is the Head of Global Listed Real Assets within Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) and the lead portfolio manager for U.S. and Global listed real estate strategies. Prior to joining MSIM, Ms. Durkay was a Senior Vice President and Global Portfolio Manager for Listed Real Estate at Cohen & Steers Capital Management for 14 years. Previously, Ms. Durkay held several positions at Citigroup, including working on asset allocation and manager selection within the alternatives space of the Corporate Pension Plan, and worked at Arthur Andersen as a valuation analyst. She has a BS from Tulane University and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. Ms. Durkay is also an active participant and member of the CFA Institute, the New York Society of Securities Analysts, the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (Nareit) and the Real Estate Roundtable. Ms. Durkay is an appointed member of the Nareit Advisory Board of Governors, Nareit Real Estate Investment Advisory Council and the FTSE EPRA Nareit Americas Regional Advisory Committee. She is based in New York.

Laurel is a member of the
Global Listed Real Assets Team

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Strategies

Strategy Name	Description
Asian Real Estate Securities Strategy	Invests in publicly traded Asian real estate securities with the goal of attractive long-term, risk-adjusted returns.
European Real Estate Securities Strategy	Invests in publicly traded European real estate securities with the goal of attractive long-term, risk-adjusted returns.
Global Real Estate Securities Strategy	Invests in the equity securities of publicly traded real estate securities primarily in developed countries worldwide.
U.S. Real Estate Securities Strategy	Invests in the equity securities of publicly traded U.S. real estate securities with the goal of long-term, risk-adjusted returns.
Global Focus Real Estate Securities Strategy	Invests in the equity securities of publicly traded real estate securities primarily in developed countries worldwide.
U.S. Focus Real Estate Securities Strategy	Invests in the equity securities of publicly traded U.S. real estate securities with the goal of long-term, risk-adjusted returns.
Global Sustainable Real Estate Securities Strategy	Invests in those securities in the global real estate industry determined to have the best forward total return potential based upon relative valuation and environmental, social and governance considerations.

Asian Real Estate Securities Strategy

Invests in publicly traded Asian real estate securities with the goal of attractive long-term, risk-adjusted returns.

European Real Estate Securities Strategy

Invests in publicly traded European real estate securities with the goal of attractive long-term, risk-adjusted returns.

Global Real Estate Securities Strategy

Invests in the equity securities of publicly traded real estate securities primarily in developed countries worldwide.

U.S. Real Estate Securities Strategy

Invests in the equity securities of publicly traded U.S. real estate securities with the goal of long-term, risk-adjusted returns.

Global Focus Real Estate Securities Strategy

Invests in the equity securities of publicly traded real estate securities primarily in developed countries worldwide.

U.S. Focus Real Estate Securities Strategy

Invests in the equity securities of publicly traded U.S. real estate securities with the goal of long-term, risk-adjusted returns.

Global Sustainable Real Estate Securities Strategy

Invests in those securities in the global real estate industry determined to have the best forward total return potential based upon relative valuation and environmental, social and governance considerations.