Asia-Pacific

GreenOak co-founder Sonny Kalsi highlights the markets and assets he sees yielding the best investment opportunities

Australia’s Future Fund has a mission to stand aside from the herd when investing in the global real estate market.

In a presentation at PERE Asia, the head of real estate at BPE Asia questioned the use of leverage by his competitors, suggesting similarities with pre-crisis behaviors.

Robert Karnes, who previously led the real estate debt group, has taken over management of the new real assets group.

So-called ‘disruptive technologies’ is impacting the way landlords and investors approach real estate investing and determine things like the ideal size, usage, layout and general amenities of their buildings. At PERE’s annual real estate conference in Hong Kong today, Mark Gabbay, chief investment officer and chief executive for Asia at the Chicago-based investment manager LaSalle […]

The firm has already raised bulk of the capital raising target for its first real estate debt vehicle.

While some familiar faces still featured, this year’s biggest winners notably included names that are rising in industry dominance.

Declining investing volumes in Japan demonstrate a further challenge for those with aspirations to build a lower risk and return portfolio in Asia.

Why Blackstone’s latest Asian retail investments are not to be considered among its high-conviction thematic bets.

The New York-headquartered firm’s $480m transaction with Taubman Asia to buy half-stakes in three malls in the region comes as volumes in the asset class continue to wane.