CBRE Global Real Estate Income Fund (NYSE: IGR) Declares Monthly Distribution for January, February and March and Announces a Webinar with Portfolio Management

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CBRE Global Real Estate Income Fund (IGR) has declared three distributions of $0.06 per share for the months of January, February, and March 2024, totaling $0.18 per share. The current annualized distribution rate is 13.4% based on the closing market price of $5.36 on January 4, 2024, and 11.9% based on a closing NAV of $6.07 as of the same date. The Fund's distribution policy is subject to change, and future earnings cannot be guaranteed. IGR is a closed-end fund traded on the NYSE, primarily investing in real estate securities.

Insights

Financial Analyst

The declaration of distributions by the CBRE Global Real Estate Income Fund (IGR) is a critical piece of information for investors and market participants. The distributions, which are a form of shareholder returns, are reflective of the Fund's operational performance and its ability to generate income from its investments, primarily in real estate securities. An annualized distribution rate of 13.4% based on the market price or 11.9% based on the NAV is considerably high and may indicate an attractive yield for income-focused investors.

However, the significant portion of the distribution classified as a return of capital (83%) is noteworthy. While this might initially seem beneficial as it boosts the distribution amount, it also suggests that the Fund's income and realized capital gains are not sufficient to cover the full distribution amount. This could be indicative of a drawdown on the Fund's assets to maintain its distribution levels, which might not be sustainable in the long term. Investors should closely monitor the Fund's ability to generate income and its payout ratio to assess the sustainability of these distributions.

Tax Advisor

From a tax perspective, the composition of the Fund's distributions is essential for shareholders. The estimated allocation between net investment income, net realized capital gains and return of capital influences the tax treatment of the distributions received. For example, net investment income and net realized capital gains are typically subject to different tax rates than a return of capital. A return of capital is not taxed immediately but reduces the shareholder's cost basis in the investment, potentially resulting in higher capital gains when the shares are sold.

It is also important to note that the reported allocations are estimates and subject to change based on the Fund's fiscal year-end results. Tax adjustments required under applicable regulations could significantly alter the amounts reported for tax purposes. Shareholders will need to rely on the Form 1099-DIV provided after year-end for accurate tax reporting. The complexity of these tax implications underscores the importance of tax planning and consultation with a tax professional for investors in the Fund.

Market Research Analyst

Understanding the market context in which the CBRE Global Real Estate Income Fund operates is crucial for evaluating its distribution declarations. The real estate market, influenced by factors such as interest rates, economic growth and property values, directly impacts the performance of real estate securities and, by extension, the Fund's returns. The Fund's strategy to establish a level monthly distribution aims to approximate its net investment income and realized capital gains over the year. This approach can provide a steady income stream for investors, which is particularly appealing in volatile markets.

However, the reliance on return of capital to maintain distribution levels can be a red flag, signaling that the market conditions may not be favorable enough for the Fund to generate the required income solely from its investments. Additionally, the Fund's performance relative to industry benchmarks and peers should be analyzed to gauge its competitiveness and risk-adjusted returns. Investors should consider the broader market trends and economic indicators when evaluating the attractiveness and sustainability of the Fund's distributions.

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Board of Trustees of the CBRE Global Real Estate Income Fund (NYSE: IGR) (the “Fund”) has declared three distributions of $0.06 per share for the months of January, February and March 2024 ($0.18 per share in total).

The following dates apply:

	Declaration Date	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
January 2024	01-08-2024	01-18-2024	01-19-2024	01-31-2024
February 2024	01-08-2024	02-16-2024	02-20-2024	02-29-2024
March 2024	01-08-2024	03-19-2024	03-20-2024	03-28-2024

The portfolio management team will host a webinar on Wednesday, January 31, 2024 at 11:30 a.m. ET. During the webinar the team will provide an update on the portfolio, market conditions, and their market outlook.

Please register for the webinar in advance by clicking on the registration link directly below or by visiting the Fund’s website www.cbreim.com/igr.

WEBINAR REGISTRATION - Zoom

IGR’s current annualized distribution rate is 13.4% based on the closing market price of $5.36 on January 4, 2024, and 11.9% based on a closing NAV of $6.07 as of the same date.

Future earnings of the Fund cannot be guaranteed, and the Fund’s distribution policy is subject to change. For more information on the Fund, please visit www.cbreim.com/igr.

The Fund’s monthly distribution is set by its Board of Trustees. The Board reviews the Fund’s distribution on a quarterly basis in view of its net investment income, realized and unrealized gains, and other net unrealized appreciation or income expected during the remainder of the year. The Fund strives to establish a level monthly distribution that, over the course of the year, will serve to distribute an amount closely approximating the Fund’s net investment income and net realized capital gains during the year.

CBRE Global Real Estate Income Fund is a closed-end fund, which is traded on the New York Stock Exchange and invests primarily in real estate securities. Holdings are subject to change. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

For the period from January 1, 2024, to March 31, 2024, the Fund has made or declared three (3) regular monthly distributions totaling $0.18 per share. The sources of the distribution declared for each month and the full period from January 1, 2024, to March 31, 2024, are estimated as follows:

Estimated Source of Distributions:
			Estimated Allocations
Distribution			Net Investment Income	Net Realized Short- Term Capital Gains	Net Realized Long- Term Capital Gains	Return of Capital
Monthly	$0.06		$0.008 (13%)	$0.000 (0%)	$0.002 (4%)	$0.050 (83%)
Period: 01/01/2024 - 03/31/2024	$0.18		$0.023 (13%)	$0.000 (0%)	$0.007 (4%)	$0.150 (83%)

The allocations reported in this notice are only estimates and are not provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual allocations will depend on the Fund’s investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and will not be finalized until after year-end. In addition, the allocations reported to shareholders for tax reporting purposes will also reflect adjustments required under applicable tax regulations. Some of these tax adjustments are significant, and amounts reported to you for tax reporting may be substantially different than those presented in this notice. SHAREHOLDERS WILL BE SENT A FORM 1099-DIV FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR INDICATING HOW TO REPORT FUND DISTRIBUTIONS FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES.

The estimated allocations presented above are based on the Fund’s monthly calculation of its year-to-date net investment income, capital gains and returns of capital. The Fund’s investment income is mainly comprised of distributions received from the real estate investment trusts (REITs) and other companies in which it invests. “Net investment income” refers to the Fund’s investment income offset by its expenditures, which include the fees paid to the investment adviser and other service providers. “Net realized capital gains” represents the aggregation of the capital gains and losses realized by the Fund from its purchase and sale of investment securities during the year-to-date period. Short-term capital gains are those arising from the sale of securities held by the Fund for less than one year. Long-term capital gains are those arising from the sale of securities held by the Fund for a year or more. The amount of net realized capital gains may also be offset by capital losses realized in prior years. Adjustments to net investment income are made based on the character of distributions received by the Fund. A portion of the distributions the Fund receives from REITs will be characterized by the REITs as capital gains or returns of capital. Because REITs often reclassify the distributions they make, the Fund does not know the ultimate character of these distributions at the time they are received, so the Fund estimates the character based on historical information. The Fund’s net investment income is reduced by the amounts characterized by the REITs as capital gains and returns of capital. Amounts characterized by the REITs as capital gains are added to the Fund’s net realized capital gains. Amounts characterized by the REITs as return of capital are classified as such by the Fund.

The Fund estimates that it has distributed more than its net investment income and net realized capital gains; therefore, a portion of your distribution may be a return of capital. A return of capital may occur, for example, when some or all the money that you invested in the Fund is paid back to you. A return of capital distribution does not necessarily reflect the Fund’s investment performance and should not be confused with “yield” or “income”.

Shareholders should not draw any conclusions about the Fund’s investment performance from the amount of this distribution or from the terms of the Fund’s managed distribution policy. The performance and distribution rate information disclosed in the table below is based on the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”). The Fund’s NAV is calculated as the total market value of all the securities and other assets held by the Fund minus the total value of its liabilities. Performance figures are not meant to represent individual shareholder performance. The value of a shareholder’s investment in the Fund is determined by the market price of the Fund’s shares.

The Fund’s Cumulative Total Return for fiscal year 2023 (January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023) is set forth below. Shareholders should take note of the relationship between the Cumulative Total Return and the Fund’s Cumulative Distribution Rate for 2023, as well as its Current Annualized Distribution Rate. Moreover, the Fund’s Average Annual Total Return for the preceding five-year period (January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2023) is set forth below. Shareholders should take note of the relationship between the Fund’s Average Annual Total Return and its Average Annual Distribution Rate for the preceding five-year period.

Fund Performance and Distribution Rate Information:

For the Period 01/01/2023 to 12/31/2023
Cumulative Total Return1	11.06%
Cumulative Distribution Rate2	11.61%
Preceding Five-Year Period 01/01/2019 to 12/31/2023
Average Annual Total Return3	7.99%
Average Annual Distribution Rate4	8.49%
Current Annualized Distribution Rate5	11.61%

1		Cumulative Total Return is the percentage change in the Fund’s NAV over the year-to-date time period including distributions paid and assuming reinvestment of those distributions.
2		Cumulative Distribution Rate for fiscal year 2023 (January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023) is determined by dividing the dollar value of distributions in the period by the Fund’s NAV as of December 31, 2023.
3		Average Annual Total Return represents the simple arithmetic average of the Annual Total Returns of the Fund for the preceding five-year period. Annual Total Return is the percentage change in the Fund’s NAV over a year including distributions paid and assuming reinvestment of those distributions.
4		Average Annual Distribution Rate is the simple arithmetic average of the Annual Distribution Rates for the preceding five-year period. The Annual Distribution Rates are calculated by taking the total distributions paid during the period divided by average daily NAV for the period.
5		The Current Annualized Distribution Rate is the current monthly distribution rate annualized as a percentage of the Fund’s NAV as of December 31, 2023.

Please refer to the chart below for information about the Fund’s historical NAVs, change in NAVs, total returns, and distributions paid.

		Average Daily NAV for Period		End of Period NAV Per Share		Change in NAV		Annualized Total Returns		Distribution Rate4		Level Distributions Paid		Special Distributions Paid		Total Distributions Paid
IPO				$15.00
20041		$14.39		$17.46		16.40%		28.20%		5.77%		$0.75		$0.08		$0.83
2005		$16.81		$17.23		-1.32%		8.13%		8.75%		$1.29		$0.18		$1.47
2006		$20.27		$22.78		32.21%		53.42%		16.13%		$1.38		$1.89		$3.27
2007		$21.67		$16.16		-29.06%		-15.82%		14.86%		$1.38		$1.84		$3.22
2008		$11.97		$ 5.63		-65.16%		-61.14%		10.36%		$1.24		$ -		$1.24
2009		$ 5.82		$ 7.51		33.39%		46.79%		9.28%		$0.54		$ -		$0.54
2010		$ 7.82		$ 8.58		14.25%		22.41%		6.91%		$0.54		$ -		$0.54
2011		$ 8.60		$ 8.14		-5.13%		0.94%		6.28%		$0.54		$ -		$0.54
2012		$ 8.99		$ 9.48		16.46%		24.15%		6.47%		$0.54		$0.042		$0.582
2013		$ 9.57		$ 9.04		-4.64%		0.91%		5.64%		$0.54		$ -		$0.54
2014		$ 9.77		$ 10.16		12.39%		18.73%		5.52%		$0.54		$ -		$0.54
2015		$ 9.67		$ 9.04		-11.02%		-5.57%		5.89%		$0.57		$ -		$0.57
2016		$ 9.11		$ 8.65		-4.31%		2.17%		6.58%		$0.60		$ -		$0.60
2017		$ 8.75		$ 8.99		3.93%		11.29%		6.85%		$0.60		$ -		$0.60
2018		$ 8.36		$ 7.55		-16.02%		-9.75%		7.18%		$0.60		$ -		$0.60
2019		$ 8.62		$ 8.86		17.35%		25.79%		6.96%		$0.60		$ -		$0.60
2020		$ 7.51		$ 8.11		-8.47%		-0.60%		7.99%		$0.60		$ -		$0.60
2021		$ 9.26		$ 10.48		29.22%		37.95%		6.48%		$0.60		$ -		$0.60
2022		$ 7.89		$ 6.31		-39.79%		-33.96%		8.87%		$0.70		$ -		$0.70
20232		$ 5.92		$ 6.20		-1.74%		11.06%		12.16%		$0.72		$ -		$0.72
Average3								8.32%		8.31%

Since Inception Annualized Total Return 4.29%

1		Figures for 2004 are from February 24, 2004, the Fund’s inception date.
2		2023 figures are for the full year January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023.
3		Average calculated on number of months and years since inception. The Fund’s inception date was February 24, 2004.
4		Distribution rate calculated by taking the total distributions paid within the period divided by average daily NAV for the period.

Sources: NAV per share amounts and annualized total returns are published in the Fund’s audited annual reports for the respective year.

About CBRE Investment Management

CBRE Investment Management is a leading global real assets investment management firm with $144.2 billion in assets under management* as of September 30, 2023, operating in more than 30 offices and 20 countries around the world. Through its investor-operator culture, the firm seeks to deliver sustainable investment solutions across real assets categories, geographies, risk profiles and execution formats so that its clients, people, and communities thrive. CBRE Investment Management Listed Real Assets LLC is a separately registered investment adviser within CBRE Investment Management that specializes in the management of global listed real assets solutions.

CBRE Investment Management is an independently operated affiliate of CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBRE), the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm (based on 2022 revenue). CBRE has more than 115,000 employees (excluding Turner & Townsend employees) serving clients in more than 100 countries. CBRE Investment Management harnesses CBRE’s data and market insights, investment sourcing and other resources for the benefit of its clients. For more information about CBRE Investment Management, please visit www.cbreim.com.

*Assets under management (AUM) refers to the fair market value of real assets-related investments with respect to which CBRE Investment Management provides, on a global basis, oversight, investment management services and other advice and which generally consist of investments in real assets; equity in funds and joint ventures; securities portfolios; operating companies and real assets-related loans. This AUM is intended principally to reflect the extent of CBRE Investment Management’s presence in the global real assets market, and its calculation of AUM may differ from the calculations of other asset managers and from its calculation of regulatory assets under management for purposes of certain regulatory filings.

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Source: CBRE Global Real Estate Income Fund

FAQ

What are the declared distributions for the CBRE Global Real Estate Income Fund (IGR) for January, February, and March 2024?

The Fund has declared three distributions of $0.06 per share for each of the months, totaling $0.18 per share.

What is the current annualized distribution rate for CBRE Global Real Estate Income Fund (IGR)?

The current annualized distribution rate is 13.4% based on the closing market price of $5.36 on January 4, 2024, and 11.9% based on a closing NAV of $6.07 as of the same date.

Where is the CBRE Global Real Estate Income Fund (IGR) traded?

IGR is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

What is the distribution policy of CBRE Global Real Estate Income Fund (IGR)?

The Fund's distribution policy is subject to change, and future earnings cannot be guaranteed.

What type of fund is CBRE Global Real Estate Income Fund (IGR)?

IGR is a closed-end fund that primarily invests in real estate securities.