This is despite a continuing tough environment for fundraising, fiercer competition and stricter due diligence by investors, finds a State Street/Preqin survey.
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Second-quarter fund closes indicate a rise in capital-raising for Asian property and infrastructure, but are a fraction of the amount raised for European infrastructure and North American real estate.
The ambitious forecast by CBRE is based on expectations that Asian institutions will seek to diversify into lower-risk assets, with investors from China, Japan and Taiwan making inroads.
The emerging markets specialist may launch a dedicated A-share fund and set up an onshore presence, even though its Asia chief admits Chinese equities are a minefield.
Alastair Gillespie has joined the US fund house as chief investment officer of Asia-Pacific real estate securities with a mandate to hire.
The firm gains an asset management licence to capture heightened demand by Korean institutions seeking real estate exposure in the West.
Returns on US property assets are set to spike, says Asia veteran Robert Morse, who is tapping the region’s institutional investors for a second distressed real estate vehicle.
An estimated $110 billion is expected to flow into Asian commercial real estate this year, making up one-quarter of the global total, forecasts Jones Lang LaSalle.
AsianInvestor speaks to the Belgian insurer's Asia investment director, Jeffrey Tan, about its alternatives allocation.
Singapore's Oclaner Asset Management has struck an alliance with European direct investment firm Codima to share clients and resources.
The private equity giant is ramping up investment in Asia to take advantage of softer prices, says chief executive Stephen Schwarzman.
The insurer, which in its former incarnation as Korea Life was bailed out during the Asian financial crisis, has bought a London commercial property amid a housing slump at home.
