Asia-Pacific

Blockbuster plans to develop data centers in Tokyo and Osaka will increase capacity as well as competition in the power- and land-strapped country.

The sale, following the disposal of its Australian infra business to Dexus, will end AMP’s involvement in private markets funds management.

The vehicle is understood to have been seeded with a high-spec asset located in Shanghai’s life science cluster.

The investment arm of the Canadian insurer has made an internal promotion to continue to lead its Asia real estate footprint expansion.

Apollo and DigitalBridge are said to be eyeing AMP's international infra equity business, with Dexus bidding for its domestic real estate and infra units.

Real estate equity investors are also looking at the Chinese real estate debt space because they could get similar yields to equity investments.

The team has left the Hong Kong-based firm following its merger with ARA to join ICG Real Estate, the property arm of the London-based manager.

Wage inflation for juniors and a return to growth for seniors are among the key takeaways of this year’s compensation report conducted by PERE and executive recruiter Sousou Partners.

The Hong Kong-based firm’s filing shows confidence in the public markets, but few other managers are likely to follow suit.

In a fast-changing world, real assets investment today reflects the reality of tomorrow.