This is a sponsored article from Nuveen. Allocators globally are increasing their allocations to private real estate as a diversifying asset. But for private wealth investors looking to do the same, considerations like sector, vintage year and macro trends can help inform a successful investment. A global spike in volatility in 2025, especially in the US market, saw investors searching […]

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PGIM has appointed a duo to the newly created roles of head of real estate debt and head of real estate equity to grow its Australian platform. Effective immediately, Sam Mellor is now head of real estate debt, Australia, at PGIM, the asset manager announced in a statement on Monday.  In his new mandate, Mellor oversees the firm’s real estate […]

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Schroders’ private markets business, Schroders Capital, has made two senior real estate appointments in Asia Pacific. Effective 29 September and based in Singapore, Junnosuke Ando has been appointed as Asia Pacific head of real estate, Schroders Capital announced in a statement on Wednesday. In his new mandate, Ando will closely collaborate with regional teams in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Tokyo. […]

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New York-headquartered real estate investment manager Hines has made a senior appointment for the private wealth channel in Asia. Based in Hong Kong, Hao Zhan has joined the firm as head of Asia, private wealth solutions, reporting to Paul Ferraro, global head of private wealth solutions at Hines, the firm said in a statement on Monday. Zhan comes from alternative […]

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This is a sponsored article from Nuveen. Investors looking for shelter in a volatile economic climate will find an attractive entry point for private real estate, says Gracie Coburn, assistant portfolio manager of Nuveen global cities strategy. With prices in private real estate now past the bottom, but still well below peak pricing, we think that a critical buying window […]

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This is a sponsored article from Nuveen. Despite macro uncertainty bleeding into 2025, investor confidence is returning, and alternative asset classes such as real estate and collateralised loan obligations are showing promising signs. Investors enter 2025 with lingering uncertainties. However, the consensus is that we will remain in a higher interest rate environment compared to the last 15 years. While […]

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This is a sponsored article from PGIM Investments. New York-based Dennis Martin, head of global private wealth and client solutions at PGIM Private Alternatives, arrived in Asia to deliver the opening keynote address at Asian Private Banker’s 411-delegate Hong Kong Summit on October 8 with a clear and concise declaration: “Alternatives are the future of private wealth advisory platforms.” Martin’s […]

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This is a sponsored article from Principal. With its long history of investing in real estate, Principal Asset Management has a record of seeing opportunities for Asia-based clients where others don’t. We’re focusing on key structural themes, both in Asia and globally, that should support investments in an uncertain economic environment. The macroeconomic background of rising interest rates has proven […]

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Bank of Singapore is expecting S-REITs to experience robust growth due to lower borrowing costs and improved liquidity, with technological advancements and ESG considerations offering potential long-term benefits. Since the start of 2020, the FTSE ST All-Share Real Estate Investment Trusts Index (FSTREI) has underperformed both the Straits Times Index (STI) and the MSCI Singapore Index due to inflation, high […]

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China’s property market has been one of the biggest victims in the country’s ongoing economic downturn, with turmoil in the sector reverberating across the bond markets and wealth management sector. But could China’s real estate winter be over? One Shanghai luxury residential property has emerged as a bright spot, with wealthy individuals rushing to snap up units in the development […]

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Hong Kong’s luxury residential real estate prices are expected to rebound from their slump this year on the back of stamp duty changes and a limited supply of super prime properties. “Luxury residential is the most attractive sector in part due to the removal of property tax,” Reeves Yan, head of capital markets at real estate firm CBRE Hong Kong, […]

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DWS has named a new real estate CIO for Asia Pacific, marking the asset manager’s first on-the-ground real estate CIO and signalling the platform’s growth aspirations in the region. Matthias Naumann has been appointed as CIO real estate for Asia Pacific and will be based in Sydney. Relocating from DWS’s Frankfurt headquarters, Naumann will report to Singapore-based Christopher Kimm, head […]

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The Chinese government’s efforts to stimulate its struggling property market have often been dismissed by private banking analysts as not going far enough. However, the latest batch of measures announced last Friday has been met with much more enthusiasm than previous attempts. Last Friday, the Chinese government unveiled a package including a re-lending programme totalling RMB 300 billion to support […]

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With property prices continuing to fall in Hong Kong but rental yields beginning to rise – a possible sign of the market bottoming out – could 2024 be the year to buy luxury property in Hong Kong? APB spoke to real estate experts who gave their insights into this difficult market, with some believing property prices need to continue to […]

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This is a sponsored article from Nuveen. In this higher-for-longer environment, private assets should continue to be a compelling source of risk-adjusted returns, income and diversification. More often associated with institutional investors, we expect a key theme in 2024 to be greater access to private markets for private wealth investors. Capital is needed to fund large-scale infrastructure projects, facilitate the […]

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Pacific Aegis Capital Management (PACM), a Hong Kong-based asset manager focused on real estate private credit, hopes its nimbleness and athleticism will help it beat the competition when it comes to tapping Asia’s lucrative wealth markets. “We run very lean, and we need to be very agile because that’s where we win. I think that’s where we win investors that […]

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UBS has revised its China 2023 GDP growth forecast due to a slower-than-expected economic recovery on the back of disappointing consumer data. UBS cut its GDP forecast from 5.7% to 5.2%, as China’s economic recovery fell short of expectations in May. Retail sales only grew 12.7% YoY, despite an end to China’s harsh COVID lockdown measures, while real estate sales […]

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Property consultancy Knight Frank will look to capitalise on improving sentiment in the Hong Kong market by setting up a new office in the city targeting U/HNW clients. The London-based group said on Thursday that it would expand its unit that serves wealthy individuals to the Asian financial hub, and had made a senior appointment to head the new office. […]

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 Nuveen’s Richard Kimble, Lead Portfolio Manager, Real Estate, shares insights on what real estate offers despite market volatility, and how it holds up in both rising and falling interest rate environments.

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This is a sponsored article from Nuveen. For years, investors have held steady on their reasons to allocate to private real estate: return potential, income, volatility management, inflation hedging and diversification. But the current environment is testing every asset class. Can real estate still deliver? Can real estate income keep pace with inflation? Generally, rents rise with inflation, driving income […]

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As building a defensive portfolio gets harder amid 2022’s volatile market conditions, Nomura is strengthening its product shelf to focus more on alternative asset classes and funds that are less correlated to public markets. The group is also working to bring more strategies intended for institutional clients to those in the private wealth sector. “In terms of product offerings, through […]

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In search of yield and diversification, U/HNW investors — and Asians in particular — have been drawn to real estate assets, according to Knight Frank. The real estate services provider opened its fourth private office globally in Singapore three months ago, following London, Dubai and New York, with a view to offering U/HNWIs and family offices comprehensive property investments advice. […]

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As China real estate conglomerates are cashing out from development projects to repay debts, private investors are getting their heads in the game alongside Hong Kong developers in the hunt for real estate opportunities. A managing director from a Hong Kong-based IAM, who preferred to remain anonymous, shared with Asian Private Banker that the Hong Kong-China real estate investments are […]

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This is a sponsored article from Equities First Holdings. Structural problems in China’s real estate sector have drawn comparisons with the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008. As many private banks back away from the sector, investors can consider alternative sources of liquidity as a way to monetise their China property shares without sacrificing long-term potential. Markets have always reacted […]

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Nuveen Real Estate on Monday said its Asia Pacific Cities strategy raised US$213.5 million from four Dutch and Swiss investors as the region’s supply-chain and logistics industries benefit from investor interest in real assets. The real estate investment unit of Nuveen, a US$1.2 trillion asset manager, said the latest investment into the open-ended strategy comes on the back of the […]

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 Alternative real estate is likely to become a mainstay in investors’ portfolios during the next decade as investors realize, post-COVID, how much they need to increase diversification within their traditional real estate portfolios. Values of nearly all real estate sectors declined at the onset of the pandemic, but the initial fall was short-lived. Many sectors recovered quickly and are […]

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Schroders on Thursday announced that it intends to acquire a 50.1% stake in RF Eclipse Limited, an alternative commercial real estate lender to small to medium sized enterprises. Upon the acquisition, expected to complete around 30 June 2021, RF Eclipse will be rebranded as Schroders RF. Its current owner, the RF Group — family office of Australian construction tycoon Andrew […]

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For years, Asia has been the most expensive region for HNWIs to maintain a luxurious lifestyle due to its costly real estate prices — a situation that is now exacerbated by a fast recovery from COVID-19, Julius Baer has found. The Swiss pure play’s Global Wealth and Lifestyle Report 2021 covers a basket of 20 luxury items across 25 key […]

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China’s strong rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic and the relative value of its shares compared to global peers have drawn interest from private bank investors, according to senior executives at the asset management unit of America’s largest bank. The combined assets under management for the JP Morgan China Fund and JP Morgan China A-Shares Opportunities Fund grew about nine-fold to […]

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NYSE-listed Chinese wealth manager Jupai Holdings has reported a narrower loss in 3Q20, compared to the same period last year. As the firm slowly recovers from a major transition and industry-wide overhaul, it continues to reduce its team of wealth management advisors and the number of domestic service centres. Its chairman of the board and CEO, Ni Jianda, was nevertheless […]

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For those looking for steady income from investments, it is a challenging environment out there, with low-to-negative yielding bonds and challenged dividends. Paradoxically, this could be an ideal setting for seeking income from alternatives. Shawn Khazzam, APAC head of alternatives solutions, J.P. Morgan Asset Management, said similar trends are emerging among private wealth and institutional investors, as both begin to see […]

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Hywin Wealth, an independent wealth manager in China, is feeling the scorn of investors after one of its PE funds failed to realise returns in line with expectations. The firm has denied any wrongdoing. According to a report by financial news outlet Cai Lian She, several investors flocked to Hywin’s Shanghai headquarters on 11 May, demanding that it pay them back the principal and […]

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Asian metropolises have emerged as some of the most unaffordable cities in the world when it comes to the finer things in life, according to Julius Baer’s Global Wealth & Lifestyle Report. Of the 28 global cities that the report covers, five cities — Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tokyo, Singapore, and Taipei — rank in the top 10. Julius Baer’s report […]

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Cautiously optimistic investors are looking to multi-asset strategies and discretionary mandates as gateways back into risk assets given strong year-to-date market performance amid a volatile investment environment, according to delegates at Asian Private Banker’s 8th Funds Selection Nexus 2019 held in Hong Kong today. Following last year’s nosedive in Q4 which eroded risk sentiment and continues to haunt clients, defensive strategies […]

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Julius Baer has raked in some US$150 million for a Blackstone European real estate fund, with 85% of the funds coming from its Asian clients, Asian Private Banker has learnt. When contacted, Julius Baer confirmed the fundraising. Wendy Kwan, head investment specialists – funds, Hong Kong, at the bank, said that investing in physical property — such as commercial, residential, […]

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As traditional assets continue to disappoint on the yield front, Asian investors are eyeing US real estate to quench their voracious thirst for income, Legg Mason told Asian Private Banker. According to Clarion Partners — a Legg Mason investment affiliate — international capital in US real estate increased by 64% year-on-year in 2018 despite the meltdown in capital markets negatively […]

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Invesco is warning HNWIs to be mindful of concentration risks in certain markets when investing in real estate. “For the most part, high net worth investors have limited avenues to access large-scale commercial real estate investment opportunities, whether it be offices, logistics or retail,” Simon Redman, managing director, client portfolio management at Invesco Real Estate, told Asian Private Banker. “HNW […]

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Markets have seen an 18% YoY growth in global property investments and Asian investors account for 45% of all cross-border investments — even as rising interest rates and escalating trade tensions have softened investor risk appetite significantly year-to-date — according to a commercial real estate report from Cushman & Wakefield. This growth has brought the total annual value of global […]

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Indosuez Wealth Management has appointed a new head of real estate for its Asian business to boost its alternatives offering. Justin Lau has been named the wealth manager’s head of real estate, covering both the Southeast Asia and North Asia markets. Lau reports to Julien Collin, head of markets, investments and structuring, Singapore at the bank. When contacted, a spokesperson […]

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Property prices in three Mainland Chinese cities — namely Changsha, Wuhan and Guangzhou — are likely to at least triple by 2030, according to DBS. Carol Wu, head of China and Hong Kong research, group research at DBS Bank (Hong Kong), said at a media briefing yesterday that the key driver of the surging prices with a CAGR of around […]

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Following the successful fundraising of US$467 million for a European real estate fund, Credit Suisse Private Banking is now eyeing other alternative opportunities for its Asian clients, including US real estate and secondaries. Credit Suisse PB eyes US real estate and secondaries for APAC clients “What we are witnessing is that turbulence in global markets is leading investors to seek […]

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Credit Suisse Private Banking capitalised on ongoing regional demand for alternative exposure through a European real estate fund, which raised EUR 400 million (US$467 million) in the last 12 months from Asian clients. The strategy, managed by Credit Suisse Asset Management, focuses on European real estate markets with a compelling valuation and a supportive rental market environment including Germany, the UK, the […]

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Over half of the world’s HNW population is willing to invest upwards of US$500,000 in private equity and real estate (PERE) funds over the next 12 months – so long as they are provided with the ‘right opportunity’. Released yesterday, a study by BNP Paribas Wealth Management and AON Hewitt subsidiary Scorpio Partnership that polled 337 individuals from Asia, Europe […]

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Hong Kong private investors made the greatest positive impact on London’s commercial property market last year, a study released yesterday by BNP Paribas Wealth Management (BNPP WM) has revealed. Despite Brexit causing an atmosphere of ambiguity, “Hong Kong investors are not deterred”, closing two of the UK’s biggest-ever property deals, BNPP WM reported. “Even amid challenging Brexit negotiations, the UK property markets coped […]

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Noah Holdings, the Chinese wealth and asset manager that ranks as China’s largest independent player, is setting up a real estate offering in the United States amidst growing demand for property-linked strategies from global Chinese HNWIs. The firm has brought in a team spearheaded by Roy Chen, who was managing director and head of US real estate for China Orient […]

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Asian investors have invested some GBP 1 billion into the London residential new-build market in 2017, thereby making them a major player in the local property market, Old Mutual International has told APB Mandate. Investors from Asia accounted for 61.4% of the total overseas sales last year, with Hong Kong and Singapore investors representing 31.5% and 20.8%, respectively. They were followed […]

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As economic and earnings growth momentum remains favourable, Pictet Wealth Management remains overweight developed market equities in 2018, highlighting the possibility of upside surprises in the market. “We remain generally bullish on euro area and Japanese equities,” Pictet said in its latest investment note. “We are less bullish on richly valued US equities, although that would change if there were […]

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The global real estate market will be supported by ‘megatrends’ including urbanisation, demographic shifts and resource scarcity, says Bank of Singapore, which believes that global real estate private equity (PE) funds offer “diversified exposure”. While real estate returns can vary widely between countries due to differing cycles, “the big trends underpinning the global real estate market are encouraging”, James Cheo, […]

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A repeal of the US estate tax would be a welcome development for investors in Asia – particularly those with real estate holdings – though experts say that wealthy clients in the region should take a cautious approach to restructuring their American assets if the mooted changes see the light of day. The new US administration, led by Donald Trump, has […]

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Amid concerns that Hong Kong’s new stamp duty policy will weigh on the outlook for the real estate market, experts say that the rules will not affect the appetite of local investors in the long term. The changes to the stamp duty policy mean local first-time buyers of multiple units in single contracts must pay a 15% stamp duty for […]

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Northern Trust has advised investors to look towards risk assets in 2017 – especially US equities and high yield bonds – given upside pressures on growth, inflation and interest rates in the US. “Our expectation is that the economic backdrop, along with the potential of pro-growth reforms in the U.S., will support risk taking in 2017,” Jim McDonald, chief investment […]

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While US real estate sales to Chinese may have dropped for the first time since 2011 due to stricter capital controls, offshore demand for property-related investments remains. A report produced by the United States’ National Association of Realtors shows that, for the first time in five years, total real estate sales to Chinese buyers fell. From March 2015 to March […]

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The bottom on property prices is far from predictable in Hong Kong, while regulations are discouraging new buyers in Singapore, among other observations, notes UBS Wealth Management (WM). In a new report, the Swiss lender’s CIO office listed China, Hong Kong and Singapore as “unfavourable” markets to invest in with regard to real estate, while rating Japan as “balanced.” “Sharper […]

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“We think the risks attached to offshore Chinese equities are overdone and current valuations are attractive for initiating long positions,” notes UBS in a recent report, adding that it believes authorities have enough policy tools to keep yuan and economic risks in check. The bank is overweight on the MSCI China index, calling current valuations cheap, forecasting 7% earnings growth. […]

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Citi Private Bank has declared four major themes for investors to keep in mind, in addition to releasing their thoughts on investment opportunities. This comes on the back of expected volatility driven by diverging central bank policies and a transitioning Chinese economy. The four themes are to endure the interest rate and economic cycle and watch out for correlations; navigate emerging markets […]

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Against a backdrop of rising interest rates, greater regulation and slowdown of the Chinese economy, Sydney’s prime residential markets will outperform its global counterparts, notes UK-based property consultancy Knight Frank. “If we are to pick one prime market which we predict will outperform the world’s top tier of global cities, it is Sydney,” said Kate Everett-Allen, partner, international residential research, […]

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Despite more than a third of ultra high net worth portfolios focused on real estate, private banks are yet to capitalise on such appetite, says the Greater China CEO of Knight Frank. He also sees the number of Hong Kong real estate investment trusts (REITs) rising by more than 30% in 2016. “Private banks tend to be reactionary, attending to clients […]

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As real estate begins to look overvalued, London and Hong Kong are the cities most at risk of a housing bubble, suggests UBS’ latest global real estate index. Hong Kong, in particular, has flirted with a bubble since 2011. Given their propensity to real estate as a diversified asset class, the bank warns that investors in this region need to adjust […]

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HNW clients from Hong Kong and China are delving deeper than ever before into developed markets for real estate investment, say experts. “After the recent volatility in the A share market in China, unsurprisingly, people are wanting their investments to be more risk-averse,” says Jin Guo, head of business development at Cordea Savills. “Other asset classes and new geographies that […]

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Non-natural persons’ (NNPs) buying high-valued United Kingdom (UK) property could face greater rates as the country looks to close a £1 billion (US$1.6 billion) stamp duty loophole by targeting levy-free purchases through offshore companies. This spells bad news for Asia Pacific’s wealthy who, according to a recent report by Citi Private Bank and Knight Frank, prefer the United Kingdom as […]

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Asian buyers are injecting billions of dollars into the US residential real estate market, making them the second largest group of foreign buyers in the country after Canadians, according to the National Association of Realtors, America’s largest trade association. However, private banks in Asia have been unable to cash in on this Westward exodus of capital because they are deterred […]

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“Our clients aren’t deterred by the added costs of buying property,” says the head of a Swiss private bank in the city, referring to the new stamp duty being used to thresh out primarily mainland investors looking to earn a quick buck on Hong Kong property. “[Mainland] clients represent a tiny portion of the property speculation in Hong Kong,” he […]

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Hybrid Structures Since interest rates are really low, there is not much pick up from regular products. While there is investment need and risk appetite, we have been focusing on simple hybrid structures which have got a favorable response. These hybrids use a combination of views; such as interest rates combined with foreign exchange or credit for example. This helps […]

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Even as Asian ultra-high net-worth (UHNW) continue to pump money into real estate investments, experts expect results to be a “mixed bag”. According to a recent report by UHNW prospecting, intelligence and due diligence firm, Wealth-X, there are 11,730 UHNW investors in Asia who have invested significantly in real estate, bringing the total tally of real estate assets held by […]

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The number of high net-worth individuals (HNWI) in China, defined as those with investable assets of RMB10 million (US$1.6 million) or above, tripled from 2006’s 361,000 in five years to nearly 1.2 million in 2011 according to a recent report jointly released by China Citic Bank and the Central University of Finance and Economics in Beijing. The figure is expected […]

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A recent study by Tax Justice Network (TJN), an organisation that shares concerns regarding tax practices and misconduct, revealed that wealthy individuals around the world held at least US$21 trillion and up to US$32 trillion of unreported financial assets in tax havens as of 2010-end. The report, titled “The Price of Offshore Revisited”, attributes the offshore wealth to less than […]

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Hong Kong real estate prices grew at a slower pace and sales fell in the second quarter as global stock markets weakened, but the city’s financial chief warned on Tuesday that risk of a bubble will remain as long as interest rates stay low. John Tsang told legislators that market sentiment had moderated in the past two months after a […]

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Family businesses in India are undergoing a gradual transition as leadership is becoming more inclusive and professionalised. According to a recent white paper by the Indian School of Business, leadership in Indian family businesses is moving away from authoritarian control, allowing greater participation in the decision-making process by younger family members, as agreed by 68% in a survey conducted to […]

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