Friday Asia Digest – Pension & Retirement Funds Venture Overseas Global cross-border investment trends intensified this week, as pension and retirement funds join the international property investing party. CalPERS, (California Public Employees’ Retirement System), the USA’s largest public pension fund, with assets of 237 billion USD, is committing $530 million to invest in ARA, a new Chinese real estate funds which, in turn, invests in high-quality downtown office buildings … [Read more...]
Friday Asia Digest – Rise of Malaysia / The European Connection
August 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Friday Asia Digest – Rise of Malaysia / The European Connection Malaysian Office/Retail Demand Remains Healthy Malaysia continues to cement it’s status as one of Asia’s top rising stars, as mentioned in last week’s digest, with demand for retail and commercial space increasing rapidly – this in spite of relatively high vacancies, which have kept rents stagnant in the last 2-3 years. Investors and analysts do not seem to be viewing this as an issue, however, pointing to the … [Read more...]
Friday Asia Digest – US/Euro buys Asia, Asia buys US/Euro
July 28, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Friday Asia Digest – US/Euro buys Asia, Asia buys US/EuroCross-border Investments Higher than EverResearch data released this week suggests that more and more foreign investors are putting their money into remote countries and economies and their real estate markets – in sharp contrast to traditional concerns regarding lack of familiarity, as well as perceived language and cultural gaps - most likely as a result of the financial turmoil experienced around the world, which has resulted in a … [Read more...]
Friday Asia Digest – IMF Confirms Asian Cooldown
July 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Friday Asia Digest – IMF Confirms Asian CooldownIMF Leads “Muted Recovery” WeekIndonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, which together are known as the “Asean 5″, have had their growth forecasts slightly reduced by the IMF‘s latest report, published this week. This report reflects ongoing global concerns regarding shrinking growth in China – and particularly India, which is having it’s slowest year in just over a decade, as the Chicago Tribune reports this … [Read more...]
Real Estate in India – Eclectic, Enticing and Hectic
July 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Real Estate in India – Eclectic, Enticing and HecticThere are many similarities between the general characteristics of India and China, the world’s two most populous countries. India is huge, constantly developing, and the presence of over 1.2 Billion people help make it very, very interesting and promising in many ways.It’s also similar to China in the sense that one wouldn’t dream to buy there without solid legal representation. While countries that we’ve so far covered, like … [Read more...]
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Friday Asia Digest: Singapore RE Market White-Hot, India Steps Up Its Game
Friday Asia Digest: Singapore RE Market White-Hot, India Steps Up Its Game Singapore’s residential & industrial real estate sectors are on fire, despite government attempts to keep prices under control. July saw 1,946 new homes sales, a rise of 42 percent month-on-month. That puts the total sales figure for the first eight months of 2012 at 15,300 new properties, close to the full-year total of 2011. Savills anticipates a return of foreign investors into the Singapore property market. … [Read more...]