All Asia-Pacific articles – Page 103
-
News
US and Ireland set for spike in distressed sales
GLOBAL – Ireland and the US are expected to see a significant increase in distressed real estate sales in the short term, according to research from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
-
News
Listed timber fund grows Chinese exposure
CHINA – A London-listed timber vehicle funded mostly by UK and European pension schemes is acquiring Chinese assets in a bid to build up a significant market-specific portfolio.
-
News
Global forecast confirms two-tier trend
GLOBAL – The forecast for Europe is cautious, for the US better, and for some of Asia the best of all, according to Jones Lang LaSalle's (JLL) quarterly Global Market Perspective.
-
News
Chinese property policies carry ‘a big if’
CHINA – The Chinese government’s attempts to contain a property price bubble could impact overseas joint-venture investors, according to a China-based economist.
-
News
GIC ‘will not list’ real estate portfolio
GLOBAL – GIC’s European head of real estate today denied reports that Singapore’s largest sovereign wealth fund (SWF) plans to list its real estate portfolio. However, he did not deny that the fund could list a portion of it.
-
News
Gulf states have ‘too much supply, too little cash’ – Moody’s
MIDDLE EAST – Rating agency Moody’s today blamed oversupply and lack of property finance for an 18-month negative outlook for real estate markets in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states.
-
News
Canada Pension Plan steps up global spending spree
GLOBAL – Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has made its first ever investment in Manhattan through a joint venture with SL Green Realty Corporation, and established an Australian real estate development fund with Goodman Group.
-
MagazineBringing it all back home
Asian investors are looking to neighbouring markets to plug the regional gap left by overseas capital. Shayla Walmsley reports
-
.jpg)
MagazineOffice lights shining
Office markets in Singapore, Sydney and Shanghai offer particularly good prospects for investors, says Charlie Huang
-
MagazineUrban realities
The world’s fastest changing residential real estate markets are in Asia, as Tim Bellman and Shane Taylor report
-
News
Chinese investors buy back residential after pricing policy move
CHINA - A group of Chinese investors has acquired a prime serviced residential block in Shanghai from SEB Asset Management (SEBAM)’s Asian property SICAV – the latest deal in a trend for Asian investors to replace capital from European and US pension funds.
-
News
Cooper joins Townsend to attack European and Asian markets
GLOBAL – Former ING Real Estate Select CEO Nick Cooper has joined The Townsend Group as part of a push to develop the group’s multi-manager business in Europe and Asia.
-
News
European pension funds retrench as Korea looks westward
ASIA-PACIFIC – Local investors will replace US and European pension funds in Asia within 10 years, the Asian Public Real Estate Association (APREA) conference heard last week.
-
News
ING REIM steps in to rescue Creed fund
ASIA – ING Real Estate Investment Management has taken over as general partner (GP) at an Asian real estate fund for the second time in 12 months.
-
News
BRIC-built recovery expected - JLL
GLOBAL – The BRIC countries will lead the global real estate market recovery as their economic expansion boosts occupier demand across all sectors and cross-border investment returns, according to Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL).
-
News
Inflation worries bring closer scrutiny of Asian real estate
ASIA-PACIFIC – There is a growing concern over the prospect of inflation rising too quickly in the main economies of Asia, but Aberdeen Property Investors believes the respective authorities have sought to tackle the issue pre-emptively and in a positive manner.
-
News
Asian investors eye real estate fund-of-funds
ASIA-PACIFIC – Franklin Templeton Real Estate Advisors (FTREA) has identified a new generation of local real estate managers in Asia Pacific, which the fund of funds manager is currently assessing for its second vehicle targeting the region.
-
News
Ohio PERS to invest $1.6bn in real estate
UNITED STATES - Ohio Public Employees Retirement System will allocate $1.6bn (€1.2bn) in real estate this year and will be targeting stable assets as well as motivated sellers in particular.
-
MagazineA principled approach
The global recession has sparked interest in Islamic finance with its emphasis on risk aversion. And real estate is the ideal asset class for Sharia investment. Henri Vuong explains
-
MagazineA bubble in the making?
Asian economies escaped the worst ravages of the global financial crisis, giving a boost to property markets. But is a bubble developing? Paul Benjamin finds out
