Mark Cooper

Jelte Bakker and James Kemp of Macquarie Asset Management on why partnering with an operating business provides access to real estate and boosts investment performance

Despite the challenges presented by the pandemic and other events, the country continues to offer attractive opportunities for real estate investors.

TThe city-state of Singapore attracts most of the attention, but Vietnam and Indonesia also have been drawing interest.

The city is still a hub for regional private real estate, despite a series of recent crises.

The market proved to be one of the most covid-resilient in 2020, thanks to the strength of its domestic investors.

The pandemic drove Australia into its first recession in a generation in 2020.

Asia-Pacific’s largest property market is a growing presence in the world of real estate investment management.

The pandemic has not put foreign investors off Australian real estate, say participants at PERE’s Australian roundtable. They imagine its potential growth once it is over.

International investment has boomed for the region’s largest developed market, thanks to firms’ longstanding operations.

Managers today face growing compliance pressures, from investors, occupiers and regulators. But, some see it as an opportunity to evolve their business.