Asia real estate and outbound investment news
Ending days of speculation and months of negotiations, Blackstone Group on Friday confirmed an agreement to sell its Logicor European logistics platform to China Investment Corporation (CIC) for €12.25 billion ($13.82 billion).
The sale by a set of funds controlled… Read More>>
America’s Trump administration has made headlines with its taste for “alternative facts,” and now the leadership of mainland sovereign wealth fund China Investment Corporation seems ready to adopt this flexible approach to reality as it lobbies for more favorable treatment… Read More>>
Over the last two years, US private equity giant Blackstone has already sold more than $17 billion in US properties to Asian investors. Now America’s biggest landlord is putting €13 billion ($14.1 billion) in European warehouses on the block, and… Read More>>
China Investment Corp has clicked Like on a US sharing economy powerhouse with a $100 million investment in Airbnb. The capital commitment by China’s sovereign wealth fund comes as the US room-sharing unicorn is reportedly in talks to buy out… Read More>>
The head of China’s CIC, Ding Xuedong, has stepped down from his role at the $810 billion sovereign wealth fund, according to an account in mainland business website Caixin on Friday.
Ding’s resignation comes amid a broad reshuffle of China’s… Read More>>
Despite reports of capital controls and a slackening in outbound investment, the head of China’s largest sovereign wealth fund expects the guardian of China’s foreign reserves to invest more in the US in 2017 than it did in 2016.
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Singapore-listed Global Logistic Properties (GLP) has confirmed that it has initiated negotiations that could lead to the sale of the company as part of a strategic review of its business. The company’s announcement comes after reports surfaced in November that… Read More>>
In the last few years, China Investment Corporation (CIC) has become known as one of the biggest acquirers of real estate, but now the Chinese sovereign wealth fund may be on its way to owning the world’s biggest collection of… Read More>>
Asia’s real estate players opted not to take a break, even on an August weekend, with China’s sovereign wealth fund said to be closing in on an A$500 million investment into a Melbourne project, while a certain US presidential candidate’s… Read More>>
China Investment Corporation (CIC) recorded a loss on overseas investment in 2015, the sovereign wealth fund’s first negative net annual return since 2011. The fund entrusted with investing China’s foreign reserves now has $813 billion in total assets including a… Read More>>
