Mingtiandi Singapore Forum Draws Over 270 Industry Leaders

Mingtiandi’s fifth annual Singapore forum concluded on Tuesday with more than 270 senior executives gathering at the Conrad Singapore Marina Bay for a full day of discussions on real estate investment strategies across Asia Pacific.

32 speakers took the stage for the event, sharing insights on opportunities in Singapore, Southeast Asia, Australia and across the broader region.

The attendance made the forum Mingtiandi’s biggest in-person event ever, with more than 1,500 viewers tuning in for the livestream of the forum, which was sponsored by Yardi.

Interviews Lead the Programme

Highlights of the programme included an interview with Warburg Pincus managing director and co-head of Asia real estate Ellen Ng on the evolution of Asian property markets, as well as a discussion with GLP China CEO Angela Zhao on her company’s expansion beyond its logistics roots into data centres and renewable energy. 

With digital infrastructure strategies gaining favour, Bain Capital partner Drew Chen spoke on his company’s investment in Bridge Data Centres; Joe Gagnon, partner at Hillhouse Investment and co-head of Rava Partners, shared his team’s approach to creating specialist real estate platforms and Michael T Smith, group chief executive of Hongkong Land, provided insights from his company’s transformation into a manager of third party capital. 

In an interview bringing together two of Canada’s largest pension fund managers, Alessandro Fiascaris, head of Asia Pacific at Oxford Properties, and George Agethen, managing director for real estate at La Caisse, shared their priorities for real estate investment in the region.

In addition to the interviews, the forum included panels on hospitality investment, industrial and infrastructure, Singapore as a global capital hub, commercial investment, and the outlook for the living sector across Asia Pacific.

All 11 discussions at the forum are being covered in dedicated stories published on Mingtiandi this week, complete with full-length recordings of each segment.

Highlight images from the forum are presented here for those unable to attend in person.

Sydney in September, Tokyo in November

With the Singapore Forum now complete, Mingtiandi will next head south of the equator for the inaugural Mingtiandi Australia Forum, taking place on 15 September at the Four Seasons Sydney, where more than 200 industry leaders are expected to gather for a full day of panels and interviews on strategies for Australia’s commercial, industrial, living and hospitality sectors.

In November, Mingtiandi will return to Japan for the third annual Mingtiandi Tokyo Forum, set for 10 November at the Mandarin Oriental Tokyo.