Reflections from across the pond: European investors are looking abroad, but need better data
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May 1, 2015: Vol. 7, Number 5
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The bucket list: Applying value investing to real estate
Global property news headline: “Asian investor purchases landmark building for record price, fanning the flames of an already hot market”. Local owner: “What can we sell them next?”
Growth potential: REITs are emerging in markets around the world, but the biggest opportunities may be yet to come
The REIT structure has been expanding across the globe and, in the wake of the global financial crisis, a number of new REIT markets are opening up in the Americas, Asia and Europe.
Like clockwork: The world's central banks attempt to get their economies in precision working order
Rarely, if ever, have Far East and Asian institutional property markets — and stock markets, with their real estate components — been so attuned to the actions of regional and major global central banks.
Investor initiative focuses on long-term approach
Apart from investing in more-liquid sectors such as REITs, investing in real estate typically is viewed as a long-term strategy
Chinese property stocks lead returns in March
While March performance was relatively flat for both global and Asia Pacific property stocks, returning –0.2 percent and 0.0 percent, respectively, property stocks closed out the first quarter of 2015 with performance that paced broader equities.
Taiwan's BLF to put US$2.4b into alternative assets
In yet another move by an Asian investor to diversify its portfolio and enhance returns through investment in alternative assets, Taiwan’s US$92 billion Bureau of Labour Funds issued RFPs in March for global real estate securities and infrastructure securities mandates for the organisations it oversees.
Asia Pacific office assets to see strong growth
The Asia Pacific region experienced a temporary economic lull in 2014 but is expected to gain momentum in the next five years, according to a recent report published by Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management.
A conversation with Peter Verwer
Peter Verweris chief executive of APREA, the Asia Pacific Real Estate Association. Verwer recently spoke with Jonathan Schein, senior vice president, managing director of business development, with Institutional Real Estate, Inc, about APREA’s latest projects, as well as the organisation’s collaborations with industry bodies and national governments to help improve the Asia Pacific real estate marketplace.