Asian Investors in the magazine – Page 6
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MagazineLook to the East
The size and maturity of Asia make it very attractive market to investors. But where to begin? Stephen Ryan and Jennifer Kaiser explain
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Proceed with caution
Improving economic fundamentals and low consumer indebtedness are positives for Asian markets, but the outlook isn’t all rosy, says Thomas Au
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Join the club
From next year property industry associations in Asia and Europe will begin recruiting pension fund members. But why should they join? Shayla Walmsley reports
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Rising East
While Asia’s debt and equity markets are becoming more active, foreign investors are still focusing on domestic opportunities, says Chris Reilly
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Surge on hold
A new survey shows that commitment to Asia is set to increase, particularly in China, and that a local manager is critical. Dasha Kruchkoff reports
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Jump through government hoops
In spite of a recent wobble in China’s stellar statistics, transaction volumes are increasing and the end of the year may present good opportunities. First, foreign investors must negotiate the obstacle course that is the government approval process, as Paul Benjamin reports
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The hub of the matter
Compelling fundamentals may present excellent opportunities for investors prepared to venture into Turkey’s opaque real estate market, although political tensions never seem far away. Paul Benjamin reports
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Giving up the debt addiction
The challenge today for fund managers is to create strategies for operating in Asia real estate markets without relying on excessively high leverage. Kristen Paech reports
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Order from chaos
The global financial crisis is putting the Asian real estate industry under unparalleled strain. But the crisis could ultimately result in a strengthening of governance and transparency in the region. Kristen Paech reports
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Lost in translation
Japanese banks may have been better prepared for the global downturn than their western counterparts, but outside capital Tokyo the mood is distinctly gloomy. Mark Faithfull reports
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Seoul survivor
Export powerhouse South Korea is surviving the real estate downturn better than many other Asian economies, but prospects vary markedly by region. Mark Faithfull reports
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Dynamism Down Under
Sydney real estate is not immune to the current financial crisis and market downturn. But local advisers point to signs that suggest it can emerge strong. Paul Benjamin reports
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Building ‘Chong’
IPD faces many challenges in rolling out its real estate indices in Asia. Building trust is one of its biggest, as Kevin Swaddle explains
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The 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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Don’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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Room 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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Still 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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Go 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
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Vastly varied
Urbanisation, rising home ownership and ageing populations are strong themes across much of Asia. Another is the huge diversity of performance across the markets of this huge and eclectic continent. These are among the findings of the RICS’s first annual Asian housing market review as Stephen Brown reports
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Emerging opportunities
Parts of Asia, particularly at the more developed end, have been hit hard by the downturn. Elsewhere, the economic turmoil is throwing up new possibilities, as Kristen Paech reports
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