China’s sovereign fund leads Mingtiandi’s review of personnel moves from around Asia this week with news that CIC’s head of infrastructure has resigned from the Beijing-based organisation. Also making the list is a new CFO of Singapore’s Elite Commercial REIT… Read More>>
PGIM Keen on Australian Rental Housing and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
PGIM leads today’s collection of real estate headlines as the asset management giant talks up plans to boost its investments in Australian rental housing. Also in the news, a UOL-SingLand joint venture sells out over half of a posh new… Read More>>
HSBC Raises Hong Kong Prime Rate After Fed Hike and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
The rising price of borrowing leads today’s roundup of regional real estate news as Hong Kong’s largest bank raises interest rates to a 16-year high. Also in the headlines today, a pair of shophouses has changed hands in Singapore’s Serangoon… Read More>>
BlackRock’s Head of China Quits Firm and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
In today’s roundup of regional real estate headlines, BlackRock’s China boss departs after four years with the asset management giant, and a US data centre operator’s bankruptcy ripples through the portfolios of several Singapore-listed REITs. Also in the news, Lendlease… Read More>>
Mapletree Industrial Trust Enters Japan With $370M Osaka Data Centre Buy
Singapore’s Mapletree Industrial Trust plans to acquire a 10-megawatt data centre in downtown Osaka for JPY 52 billion ($370 million), marking the Temasek-backed REIT’s first investment in Japan.
SGX-listed MIT will acquire an effective interest of 98.47 percent in the… Read More>>
Mapletree Industrial Trust Distributions Drop 1.7% and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
In today’s roundup of regional news headlines, SGX-listed Mapletree Industrial Trust has cut distributions despite rising income and a key Singapore official defends the city-state’s latest property tax hike. Over in the US, Japan’s MUFG is putting up for sale… Read More>>
Asia Real Estate People in the News 2023-03-27
Top level moves at European and Asian fund managers lead this week’s list of personnel changes from around Asia Pacific with a Gaw Capital veteran taking on a new role with a CITIC affiliate, DWS naming new regional leadership and… Read More>>
Hong Kong Lived-In Home Prices Continue Skid and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
In today’s roundup of regional news headlines, lived-in home prices in Hong Kong fall to their lowest since early 2019, while city-based lender Bank of East Asia sustains record-high bond losses driven by China’s housing crisis.
Hong… Read More>>
Asia Real Estate People in the News 2022-08-22
New appointments at a pair of Singapore-listed industrial REITs lead Mingtiandi’s roundup of personnel moves this week with Mapletree Industrial Trust naming a new independent, non-executive director and ESR-Logos REIT annointing a new chief financial officer. There are also new… Read More>>
Keppel DC REIT Acquisitions Boost Distributions and More Asia Real Estate Headlines
In today’s roundup of regional news headlines, Singapore-listed Keppel DC REIT reports 2.5 percent year-on-year growth in its distribution per unit for the first half of 2022, as Mapletree Industrial Trust posts a 4.2 percent boost and CapitaLand China Trust… Read More>>