Despite capital controls, Chinese investors still contributed 47%, or $28.2bn, of Asian outbound real estate investment in 2016, according to CBRE.
Tag: Real Estate
SLI expands Asia Pacific presence
The Edinburgh-based asset manager announces a new real estate team in Singapore.
BEA Union IM bets on China high yield
BEA Union Investment Management said it has started to look into higher risk sectors for offshore China bond investments, despite concerns about surging default rates.
Asia’s $62.4bn outflows into RE set record high
In 2015, Asian outbound real estate investment soared 37% year-on-year as investors seek alternatives in a low yield environment, according to CBRE Asia-Pacific Research.

Second property-backed Chinese asset manager defaults
Xin Qi, a Chinese asset management firm backed by property projects, has defaulted on CNY1.9bn (£203m, $291m, €261m) worth of investments, affecting thousands of retail investors across mainland China.
BEA: China’s HNWI client base increasing in Hong Kong
Personal wealth is flowing out of China as domestic investors grow increasingly concerned over the markets and economic growth, according to Bank of East Asia.
UBS: Hong Kong RE in bubble territory
UBS Wealth Management’s bubble index shows London and Hong Kong at the highest risk globally for a housing market bubble.
Rate cuts help Chinese Real Estate, but risk remains
The Chinese real estate market should improve in the fourth quarter, following a series of interest rate cuts, sources said.
Six alternative views: Satyan Sanghrajka, UBS GAM, real estate
The sixth alternative view is from Satyan Sanghrajka, head of business development for Asia Pacific at UBS Global Asset Management. Sanghrajka presented at FSA’s Alternatives Forums in Hong Kong and in Singapore on “The multi-manager approach to direct real estate investing”. In the video above he answers three questions about investing in global real estate. […]
Part 2: Satyan Sanghrajka, UBS GAM
Find out what Satyan Sanghrajka, head of business development for Asia-Pacific at UBS Global Asset Management had to say about investing in global real estate at FSA’s Alternatives Forum in Singapore.