Asia-Pacific

Investors demand substantially more compensation for taking liquidity risk in office markets than they do in industrial, writes Tom Leahy, head of EMEA real assets research at MSCI.

Global fund managers continue to steer clear of new investment in China, focusing instead on finding ways to dispose of existing assets.

Second quarter transaction totals have risen 36% year-on-year despite rising borrowing costs.

While office has long been the favored sector in India, rapid economic growth is driving significant flows into other asset classes.

Analysis of PERE’s first Core 100 manager ranking demonstrates how an asset specificity now matters less than the resilience of its performance.

Ares’ latest Japan fund spent a year in market and is the third-biggest private real estate fund to reach a final close this year.

Leveraging the global real estate footprint of its principal client bpfBOUW, the Dutch firm is for the first time offering international mandates to other institutions.

As the group evolves from pure development to asset-light investment management, it is preparing to open its development pipeline to outside investors.

Asia-Pacific’s leading premium integrated commercial properties located in the region’s gateway CBDs are supported by structural supply constraints and resilient occupier demand, says Hongkong Land’s Michael Smith.

After a significant repricing cycle, LaSalle Investment Management’s Matthew Sgrizzi and Jim Garvey say core equity is offering income yields that institutional investors have not seen in a decade, though risks remain.