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Christie Ou

Christie Ou is the Asia-Pacific reporter for PERE covering the private equity real estate markets in the region. Prior to joining PERE, she covered Asia’s business market for Bloomberg Business Week Chinese and the credit market for UK-based Private Debt Investor. She is a native speaker of Cantonese and Mandarin, with solid command of writing and speaking in English. Christie holds her bachelor degree at London School of Economics and a master degree in journalism at the University of Hong Kong.
The UK investment company is actively growing their direct real estate capability in Asia by introducing a new vehicle targeting the Japanese residential market.
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The private equity real estate firm is set to surpass its $2bn original target.
A year after closing on $1.15bn for its latest Pan-Asia opportunity fund, the Chicago-based manager is looking to raise another billion for logistics in China.
The Singapore-headquartered firm is partnering with China’s CICC for its first RMB-denominated real estate investment vehicle.
The firm has invested in a total of four logistic development projects in Indonesia since it first entered the market two years ago.
A year after making its first investment via joint venture partnerships in the US, the Korean pension is on the lookout for more co-investment deals in both the US and Japan.
Some institutional real estate managers believe China’s domestic consumption insulates its real estate from Trump’s tariff hikes.
There has been a surge in foreign investments in Chinese real estate in recent months, despite macro headwinds like the trade war.
The Singapore-headquartered firm has raised a total of $947m for two real estate vehicles, since it first started discretionary fundraising in July.
The manager has held a first close of $400m for its third pan-Asia fund entirely from re-ups, demonstrating investors’ continued support following the sale of co-founder Fred Schmidt’s stake in the business.
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