Asia-Pacific – Page 142
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Brookfield Properties reinvents self, invests $1.4bn in offices
GLOBAL – Brookfield Properties is planning to invest more than $1.4bn (£885m) in 16 offices across Australia held by Brookfield Asset Management and reposition itself into a "global, pure-play office property company".
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European occupancy markets dragged down by austerity measures
GLOBAL – While occupier demand is rising in the majority of countries across the globe, austerity measures to reduce fiscal deficits are causing a drag on euro-zone and UK real estate markets, according to the latest global report from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
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Transactions on the rise globally, but down in Asia: JLL
GLOBAL – The volume of global real estate transactions in the first half of this year is almost double that of the same period in 2009, but deals in Asia-Pacific dropped by more than a third between the first and second quarters, according to Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL).
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No property bubble in China, says HSBC's Geoghegan
CHINA – HSBC chief executive Michael Geoghegan has dismissed predictions of a Chinese property bubble.
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IPE Forum: Retail threatened by internet, austerity and demographics
GLOBAL – Retail property assets have become increasingly popular for institutional investors, but the sector is fraught with challenges, listeners heard during IPE Real Estate's Investor Forum webcast last week.
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Global real estate transactions faltering, says RCA
GLOBAL – Preliminary data suggests the growth in global real estate transactions slipped significantly in the second quarter of 2010, as the sovereign debt crisis and fears of a double-dip recession took hold, according to Real Capital Analytics (RCA).
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CBRE Investors' pan-Asian fund of funds to target 'club deals'
GLOBAL – CBRE Investors' global multi-manager business, which has just raised $269m (€218m) from European pension funds for its new Asian fund of funds vehicle, expects to invest increasingly in 'club deals' in the future.
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Wisconsin State Investment Board drops domestic REIT managers
GLOBAL – The Wisconsin State Investment Board has dropped AEW Capital Management and Heitman as domestic REIT managers to adopt a more "global perspective".
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BPF Bouw opens Dutch portfolio to other pension funds
NETHERLANDS – BPF Bouw, the pension fund for Dutch construction workers, will offer other pension funds access to its €4bn domestic real estate portfolio so it can increase its weighting to global property markets.
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No risk of major crash in Chinese property market, says Henderson
GLOBAL – The Chinese real estate market may be surging, but it is at no risk of crashing and burning, according to Henderson Global Investors.
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Swiss pension funds to invest in India and Japan this year
GLOBAL – AFIAA, the global property investor owned by 18 Swiss pension funds, is aiming to make real estate investments in Japan and India before the end of 2010.
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Barings: China will tread carefully on real estate market
CHINA – The Chinese government will continue to tread cautiously over policy measures aimed at cooling the real estate market amid the near-certain postponement of a property tax originally scheduled for introduction this month, according to Barings.
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Emerging markets to lead revival of luxury retail sector, says Colliers
GLOBAL – Rents in the luxury retail sector are set to increase in the near term after a two-year hiatus, according to Colliers International.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
