Arshiya Khullar
After 18 years at the world’s biggest private equity real estate firm, eight of which spent growing its Asia business, Stuart Grant is leaving to join London-headquartered property developer Stanhope.
China’s latest dictum on outbound investments has brought even offshore Chinese entities into its regulatory purview, but a lack of clarity is creating confusion.
The German insurer will be the majority investor in Scape’s latest closed-end vehicle targeting student accommodation deals in Australia.
China is a key market for the German insurer's Asia-Pacific investment strategy, but Rushabh Desai tells PERE it will try to avoid speculating on infrastructure growth in the country.
The orderly restructuring of HNA’s and Anbang’s overseas assets means buying opportunities for the private real estate industry may not be as big as anticipated.
LaSalle Investment Management’s latest capital haul for its fifth Asia opportunistic fund includes more commitments from the Middle East, European, and Asian investors than its predecessor funds.
Rushabh Desai, head of Asia Pacific at Allianz Real Estate, tells PERE that unlike other markets, institutional investors have entered India before the opportunistic and value-add managers, creating questions on how investments will be exited in five to ten years.
The managing director and head of Asian acquisitions at Starwood Capital Group tells PERE that the firm may look at venture capital-style investments and investments in technology-driven logistics centers, but its core real estate business will not change.
The Singapore-headquartered real estate investment manager is said to be in the process of expanding into the infrastructure asset class with a dedicated platform.
As the big Japanese institutional investors prepare their forays into real estate investing, they are faced with challenges around their complex internal decision-making processes, costs of investing overseas and access to core deals in the domestic market.