Dominique Senequier, speaking at a recent press lunch, listed ageing infrastructure, regulation and new services among the drivers of growing infrastructure investment needs in OECD countries. Developing Asian economies also face steep financing challenges but offer more attractive returns.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Canton Property Investment has revealed its founder and executive chairman Keng Wong is ‘uncontactable’ as it also admitted to funding problems. Shares in the company, which is developing real estate projects in a southern part of China, have been suspended.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Canada’s retirement system is fuelling property investment abroad despite the credit crunch, with lowly-geared pension funds looking to pick up bargains in Europe, according to a report.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
The Indian infrastructure-focused firm had to delay the final close for five months pending regulatory approval. It recently announced the first investment from the vehicle, in Indian wind turbine manufacturer SE Forge.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
The US firm has appointed a head of client services based in its Tokyo office. Akira Nishimura is joining the firm from Credit Suisse.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Even before the credit crunch hit, interest in Asian real estate investments was growing at a strong pace. That interest shows no sign of abating. By Zoe Hughes
1 min read · 22 January 2013
With Asia fundraising showing no signs of slowing, private equity real estate firms are boosting their manpower to manage the capital being dedicated to the East.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Though property prices in Japan are reaching new heights, Japanese property developers are falling to new lows. By Dave Keating
5 min read · 22 January 2013
Some property investors have been spooked by Russia's military intervention in Georgia. Even spookier, GPs are now beginning to see ‘distress’ in the Russian real estate market. By Robin Marriott
4 min read · 22 January 2013
Banking on it in Brooklyn 2008-10-01 Staff Writer The Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower has been a fixture on the Brooklyn skyline since Prohibition—decades before the legions of transplanted Midwesterners, dissonant rock bands and asymmetrical haircuts invaded the “Borough of Churches.” With 34 floors, it is
2 min read · 22 January 2013
