Posts Tagged ‘ real estate ’

Good Times Ahead for China

May 31, 2011
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Property Peaks in Beijing It looks like China is set to witness a property peak in the few months. According to experts in foreign real estate funds, this sector is due to “tighten” during this time frame. Grosvenor Asia Pacific manages $16b in assets and is setting out to raise “at least $270 million for a fund that will invest in Chinese properties as part of its expansion in Asia.” According to CEO of Savills Greater China, Raymond Lee,...

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Japanese Properties to Quake?

April 12, 2011
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It was bad enough that the whole of Japan was totally shaken up in more ways than one because of the tsunami disaster, but now it seems like the same is going to happen to what remains of its real estate market. Perhaps not surprisingly, companies are now reported as being “cautious” vis-à-vis the country’s property market although they are trying not to enter into drama-panic mode. As Prudential Real Estate Investors Chief Executive J. Allen Smith put it,...

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Kuwaiti Investments

April 5, 2011
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Kuwait Working with Morocco North Africa Holding Company (NorAH), a Kuwaiti investment firm has just “acquired a minority stake in a Morocco real estate developer,” with its investment and place on the board in Dar Saada Company (DSC). It looks like there will be significant opportunities for NorAh in the North African housing market that is currently on an up. NorAH’s Investment Goals Given NorAH’s strong, solid, stable base, it is the perfect company to make an investment. It...

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South Korea’s KIC Coordinates Sovereign Funds For Mutual Investments.

December 1, 2010
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South Korea’s $37 billion sovereign wealth fund, The Korea Investment corp. intends to make three to four strategic investments in the coming year. They will invest with other state funds in order to diversify their portfolio. Chief Investment Officer Scott E. Kalb said that “We are in discussions with our counterparts, sovereign wealth funds all over…We have already looked at a number of transactions together and we’re looking at some that are pending — our end goal is to...

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