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Savills Report Finds 111% Increase in Real Estate Deals by the Super-Rich

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Investment in big ticket real estate deals by private individuals has risen more than 111 percent in the last five years, with Asian investors leading the surge.

A new report by real estate services firm Savills, in partnership with Singapore cosultancy Wealth-X finds that while corporate real estate investments have increased 43 percent since 2008, real estate acquisitiosn in excess of US$10 million by the world’s wealthy rose by 111 percent in the same period.

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Not Just London – Chinese Now Buying Up British Country Estates

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While China’s investors have been buying up London real estate in recent years, and firms like Greenland Group and Dalian Wanda have made billion dollar acquisitions of commercial properties, the country’s nouveau riche are now moving into the English countryside.

According to a story from the UK’s Guardian, Chinese investors are among the growing numbers of rich foreigners buying farms and country estates across Britain.

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Greenland Group Targets $8B in Overseas Acquisitions in 2014

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Greenland Group, the state-owned real estate firm responsible for some of China’s biggest overseas acquisitions during 2013, has plans to spend between US$5 billion to $8 billion more to buy up international assets during 2014.

Having achieved 162.5 billion in property sales last year, up 53% over 2012, Greenland appears to be cashed up and ready to develop new projects overseas, as its Chinese customers look for fresh markets for real estate investment.

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China State-Owned Giant COFCO Bids for Dutch Food Firm

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Cofco submitted a binding bid for the stake last month, a person familiar with the transaction said. The stake is worth around US$250 million, but it wasn’t immediately clear how much Cofco will pay.

COFCO, formally China National Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs Corporation, is China’s largest food processing, manufacturer and trader.

Chinese state-owned food company COFCO Corp. offered to buy a minority stake in Netherlands-based grain trader Nidera … Read more>>>

China’s CIC Wealth Fund Plans More Deals in Europe

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China Investment Corp., the country’s $575 billion sovereign wealth fund, favors European infrastructure and real estate as developed markets will drive the next phase of the global economic recovery.

“Europe has a lot of potential,” CIC Chairman Ding Xuedong said yesterday at a conference in Hong Kong.

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Dubai Real Estate Starts to Catch On With Chinese Investors

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The bubble created in Dubai’s real estate market burst in 2008, but the sector is now making a comeback, attracting global investors including those from China, reports Shanghai’s China Business News.

Housing prices in Dubai have surged by nearly 30% over the past year, with Dubai-based real estate developers recruiting salespeople that can speak Chinese

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China’s Warren Buffett Buys European Insurer for $1.36B

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Chinese conglomerate Fosun International Ltd. picked up Portuguese insurance firm Caixa Seguros e Saude this week for 1 billion euros ($1.36 billion), marking one of the biggest overseas investments in the finance sector to date by a Chinese investor.

In a sign of China’s growing economic clout, Fosun bested U.S. buyout firm Apollo Management International LLP to acquire the insurance arm of Portugal state bank Caixa Geral de Depositos SA

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Chinese Investors Take Cornerstone of Singapore Trust IPO

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Chinese investors are not just buying overseas property, they’re also piling into trust listings of real estate overseas.

OUE Ltd.LJ3.SG 0.00%, the Singapore-listed property firm that is set to start taking orders Monday for the initial public offering of its commercial assets in China and Singapore, has sold close to half of the nearly US$300 million deal to cornerstone investors—of which Chinese buyers make up a big part.

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Chinese Buyers Help Drive London Real Estate Investment to New Record

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Real estate investment turnover for the Central London market in 2013 reached in excess of £20.56 billion (US$33.84 billion), driven largely by Asian investors, according to a recent announcement from property consultancy Savills.

The amount of investment was the most ever achieved in Central London and a 39% increase on the 2012 figure of £14.8 billion.

Real estate investment turnover for the Central London market in 2013 reached in excess of £20.56 billion (US$33.84 … Read more>>>

Macrolink Real Estate Buys RMB 640 Mil in Land in Malaysia and S. Korea

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While Shanghai’s Greenland Group was grabbing headlines this week with its billion dollar London deals, Beijing-based Macrolink Real Estate quietly secured deals worth a total of RMB 640 million (US$105 million) in Malaysia and South Korea.

The Shenzhen-listed firm’s Hong Kong unit is setting up a joint venture with a South Korean partner to acquire RMB 340 million (US$56 million) in land on South Korea’s Jeju island.

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