Asia-Pacific

Data centres enter a new age with major M&A activity

Performance and demand for the digital real estate type are materializing into mega-deals, despite lingering ESG concerns.

The focus on green premiums is short-sighted

Three new reports address the upside of being ahead of the net-zero curve. Far less attention is paid to the price of falling behind.

CBRE’s Stoffers sees Goldilocks environment for borrowers, lenders

Borrowers are tapping into ample liquidity for acquisitions and developments while lenders are being adequately compensated for risk.

KIC to expand real estate footprint in Europe

Korea’s sovereign wealth fund plans to invest in niche sectors and new geographies in the region as it aims to boost its overall alternatives allocation.

Asian capital is ‘really, really worried about inflation’

The topic is top of mind for the region’s investors and has raised concerns that property markets abroad may have become too expensive.

Evergrande: ‘Where there is smoke, there are opportunities’

Private real estate investors can expect the Chinese developer to offload some of its better-quality assets but should not anticipate any major fire sales.

Why US real estate lenders want the renewal of the EB-5 immigrant visa programme

The US federal programme, which expired in July, had helped to funnel international capital into commercial property financing deals in the country.

Beijing expected to ‘step in’ to prevent China Evergrande contagion

Senior executives at two of Canada’s biggest institutional real estate investors said they expected state intervention to prevent the developer’s $300bn debt pile from becoming a global issue.