Real assets are categorized into three categories: Real assets are appealing to investors for four reasons: high current income, inflation protection / equity appreciation, low correlation to equity markets, and favorable tax treatment.
The first publicly traded MLP occurred 16 years later, when Apache Petroleum Company listed.
Moreover, after the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, some MLPs and REITs are revisiting their structure.
Additionally, there are multiple much smaller sectors that fall in real assets Historically investors have gained exposure to this asset via investing in companies or specific strategy (such as REIT or MLP fund).
However, in the past few years, several public funds have been started focused on the overall real asset market.