The firm, which merged with Japan’s Secured Capital in 2011, is to leverage the Tokyo-based firm’s core real estate team for deals demonstrating long-term, sustainable income streams across nine gateway cities in Asia.
3 min read · 25 March 2014
Hotel investment in Asia surged to $7.5 billion last year but private equity only got a small piece of the pie.
2 min read · 25 March 2014
Thanks to concurrent liberalizing policy for Chinese institutions and restrictive policy regarding investing in IPOs, capital raising from RMB denominated sources for private real estate investing ballooned 109% last year.
2 min read · 24 March 2014
Aviva Investors’ Asian real estate business, which currently is for sale through Jones Lang LaSalle, has seen senior executive Guy Cawthra leave to join Australian developer cum fund manager Lend Lease.
2 min read · 21 March 2014
The Indian asset manager has held the final close for its first rupee-denominated property fund in under three months, and is still considering a foreign-denominated fund.
2 min read · 21 March 2014
The purchase and renovation of the UK Saga Ruby cruise liner is the third investment by Suchad Chiaranussati’s Singapore-based firm in the frontier market.
2 min read · 20 March 2014
Diamond Realty Management is aiming to raise $150 million for the vehicle in what would be its largest mezzanine fundraising yet.
2 min read · 20 March 2014
Investors in Asian property have become polarized on opposite ends of the risk spectrum as their commitments grow, according to the world’s largest property services firm.
2 min read · 19 March 2014
The Sydney-based manager is understood to already be in talks with several investors for its next core-plus/value-added vehicle, expected to have a specialized industrial strategy.
2 min read · 18 March 2014
The multi-manager business of CBRE Global Investors deployed half the $1.6bn it invested in 2013 in strategic partnerships with operating partners and expects to do likewise this year.
2 min read · 17 March 2014
