The offline struggles of China’s biggest e-commerce company lead today’s collection of real estate headlines from around the region, as Alibaba is said to be looking for the exit from a department store bet. Also in the news, Singapore puts… Read More>>
Asia Real Estate People in the News 2024-02-05
An upgrade to the investment team at one of Singapore’s biggest institutions leads the first collection of personnel moves for February, as Keppel Ltd promotes one of its senior team members. There’s also more turnover at Canada’s CDPQ and a… Read More>>
UOL Chairman Wee Cho Yaw Dies at 95
UOL Group announced on Saturday that its chairman, Wee Cho Yaw, passed away at the age of 95. Wee, who also served as chairman emeritus of Singapore financial giant UOB, had run UOL since 1973 and helmed the bank controlled… Read More>>
Weave-BlackRock JV Buying Singapore Citadines From CapitaLand Ascott Trust for $111M
Weave Living continues to expand its network of investors and its portfolio of properties, with the rental residential investor and operator announcing on Friday that it has formed a joint venture with a BlackRock fund to purchase a Singapore serviced… Read More>>
Asia Real Estate People in the News 2024-01-29
Top-level moves at a pair of Asian government funds lead this week’s edition of People in the News, with China’s CIC set to name a new leader and Malaysia’s EPF ready for a new CEO to take over next month…. Read More>>
Canada’s CDPQ Restructuring Ivanhoe Cambridge, Otera Capital Real Estate Divisions
Canada’s second-largest pension fund is moving its real estate investment divisions in-house with the transition expected to save Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec C$100 million ($74.3 million) annually.
CDPQ said on Thursday that it will shift its Ivanhoe Cambridge… Read More>>
M&G Real Estate Buys Tokyo Apartment Tower From LaSalle for $204M
Japanese rental apartments maintain their most-favoured-sector status with global investors this week, with M&G Real Estate announcing on Wednesday that it has acquired a multi-family residential tower in Tokyo’s Shinjuku area for JPY 30 billion ($204 million).
The property division… Read More>>
Asia Real Estate People in the News 2024-01-22
Leading off this week’s collection of people moves from around the Asia is a senior-level move at one of Canada’s largest pension funds, with a new Korea appointment also making the list and one more Chinese official getting tripped up… Read More>>
Asia Real Estate People in the News 2024-01-15
A senior-level promotion at the world’s largest private equity firm leads this week’s review of personnel moves from around Asia, with Blackstone promoting a top member of its Singapore-based team. Also making the cut is Partners Group losing its head… Read More>>
BlackRock Bets on Infrastructure with $12.5B Buyout of GIP
The world’s largest money manager is about to become one of the globe’s biggest investors in ports, bridges and cell towers, with BlackRock announcing on Friday that it has agreed to buy General Infrastructure Partners (GIP) in a combined cash… Read More>>