All Asia-Pacific articles – Page 99
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Franklin Templeton raises $380m for Asia
ASIA – Franklin Templeton Real Estate Advisors has closed its $383m (€280.7m) private equity Asian Real Estate Fund and aims to take advantage of market corrections to buy up bargains.
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Japan stayed positive in global downturn
JAPAN - Japanese property returns remained for most of 2008 positive thanks to a strong, steady income return, according to the Investment Property Databank’s (IPD’s) Japan Monthly Indicator.
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MagazineThe elephant slows
Nowhere is immune from the global credit crisis, India included. Paul Benjamin assesses how the global downturn has affected the real estate markets of the economic powerhouse
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JLL shakes up Asia
ASIA – Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) has announced a series of management changes in its Asian division.
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Kalsi’s 'leave' shakes up MS Asian real estate team
ASIA – Morgan Stanley has reshuffled its Asian real estate team after putting Sonny Kalsi, global head of real estate investments, on administrative leave.
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Geni to pull magic from property bottleneck
MIDDLE EAST – Geni Capital LLP (Geni), the London-based asset manager, has teamed up with AREIT Management Limited to launch a commercial property opportunities fund to take advantage of recently-adjusted property values in the Middle East.
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C-Reits could lift Chinese economy - APREA
CHINA – Chinese Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) could play a vital part in helping the country’s real estate markets recover from the economic crisis, according to the Asian Public Real Estate Association (APREA).
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Cohen & Steers predicts “outstanding” returns…in time
GLOBAL – Cohen & Steers, the US investment firm specialising in real estate, remains confident that the majority of global listed real estate companies will weather the economic crisis despite the poor lending environment, according to its latest Review and outlook for the international real estate markets.
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MagazineDon’t be so gloomy!
Is there light at the end of the tunnel? At the 2008 MIPIM Asia trade exhibition listed property and property derivatives were the focus of some optimism. Michael Grimes was in attendance
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MagazineStill more selective
As the downturn demonstrates the degree to which some Asian markets are coupled to the rest of the world investors are retrenching in markets that offer stability, liquidity, transparency and sound fundamentals, as Kristen Paech reports
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MagazineRoom for improvement
As Asia’s markets develop, well-timed value-added opportunities will enable investors to harness the continent’s vast potential when the markets begin to stabilise, says Charlie Duke
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Japan real estate confirmed as falling year-on-year
JAPAN – Japanese real estate has delivered its first negative year-on-year capital returns, according to figures released by the Investment Property Databank (IPD) which run to the end of the third quarter 2008.
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Purdon arrival to drive AREIT growth
MIDDLE EAST – AREIT Management Limited, manager of the Arabian Real Estate Investment Trust (AREIT), has appointed Chris Purdon as chief investment officer (CIO) as part of the firm’s plans to tap iopportunities in the Middle East region.
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Chinese REIT hits the drawing board
CHINA - China’s central bank is drafting proposals to introduce Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) in a bid to lessen liquidity constraints for domestic real estate developers.
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JPM’s Schwab moves to Abu Dhabi
GLOBAL – The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, has hired Bill Schwab as global head of real estate, it was announced last week.
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Goodman and L&G raise equity for ABPP
GLOBAL – Australia’s Goodman Group and the UK’s Legal & General have raised £350m (€383m) of equity for real estate fund Arlington Business Park Partnership (ABPP).
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Hypo Real Estate faces claims for damages
GLOBAL – Pension funds are making the first claims for damages against Hypo Real Estate (HRE) for failing to reveal its financial difficulties sooner.
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CBRE trains its eye on Middle East
ASIA - CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) has revealed it is opening an office in Bahrain as part of the development of the company’s Middle Eastern business.
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Dubai acts to shore real estate from market risk
MIDDLE EAST - The Dubai Government has formed a committee to tackle the impact of the financial crisis on its previously affluent property market and to restore investors’ confidence.
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MagazineGo further
Led by retail, Turkey’s investment potential is growing fast but increasingly investors will have to look well beyond Istanbul for the best opportunities, Ermina Topintzi finds
