Legal battles push viruses out of the headlines today as Korea’s Mirae Asset Management fires a fresh salvo in a court battle with China’s Dajia Insurance over a failed $5.8 billion hotel deal.
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SRE Group Directors Charged with Embezzlement and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Embezzlement leads the way in Mingtiandi’s roundup of Asia real estate headlines today with the news that the chairman of SRE Group, who was detained in January, has now been formally charged with embezzlement, along with an executive director of… Read More>>
PAG Said to Sign MOU to Buy Grand Hyatt Seoul for KRW 500B
PAG has signed a memorandum of understanding with Hyatt Hotels Corporation to acquire the Grand Hyatt Seoul for approximately KRW 500 billion ($410 million), according to market sources cited in the Korea Economic Daily.
The investment management firm led by… Read More>>
CapitaLand Reshuffles Roles After $11B Merger and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
A leadership reshuffle leads the way in Mingtiandi’s roundup of Asia real estate headlines today with news that a major Singapore developer that now holds assets under management in excess of S$100 billion is going through a reorganisation at the… Read More>>
HK Airlines President Quits as HNA Saga Continues and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
HNA’s ongoing Hongkong Airlines saga leads the Mingtiandi roundup of Asia news again today as the financially challenged mainland investment conglomerate plays out its own version of Game of Thrones in the boardroom.
In other news around the region, Guangzhou-based… Read More>>
Asia Real Estate People in the News 2019-02-25
With the passing of the lantern festival, the last instalment of the lunar new year, in many parts of Asia last week, the region is back to full speed ahead, with several industry leaders finding new places to work this… Read More>>
ARA Enters US Market With Purchase of 38 Hyatt Hotels
Singapore-based real estate fund manager ARA Asset Management announced on Monday that it had purchased a portfolio of 38 Hyatt-branded hotels in the United States from a unit of Lone Star Funds at an undisclosed price, marking ARA’s first foray… Read More>>
Dr M Takes Aim at Belt and Road Projects in Malaysia and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
Leading today’s roundup, after being elected on an anti-corruption mandate, Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohammed says his government will renegotiate billions of dollars of Chinese infrastructure projects in the Southeast Asia nation. Also in the news, Amazon’s cloud computing arm… Read More>>
Wanda Waves Bye Bye to Sofitel, Hyatt and Hilton in Quest to Build Own Hotel Brand
Dalian Wanda Group is saying goodbye to its partnerships with foreign hotel operators as the Chinese conglomerate continues its quest to build the first globally recognised Chinese premium hotel brand.
While the company has been forced to abandon its attempts… Read More>>
Asia Real Estate People in the News 2018-03-26
Leading this week’s roundup of people moves, a top hospitality exec has joined Hyatt Hotels to lead the brand’s growth in Greater China. An asset management pro is taking the helm at a newly formed Singaporean investment firm, and CBRE… Read More>>
