Is China's property sell-off over?

Edit CNBC 18 Jan 2016
Ada Choi, senior director of CBRE, says there is a general recovery across China's property market, after the PBOC cut rates and the removal of home price restrictions in some cities ... ....

Asian institutional funds to channel US$240 billion into world’s property market by 2020, CBRE says

Edit South China Morning Post 15 Dec 2015
“We estimate Asian institutional investors today have real estate allocations of around 2 per cent, which is more than it was three years ago, but still considerably below their own internal targets and much less than peers in The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries which sit at 5-7 per cent,” said Ada Choi, senior director, CBRE Research Asia Pacific....

Investors in China flock to Australia property market, despite currency fall

Edit South China Morning Post 23 Nov 2015
Within the Asia Pacific, Australia is definitely one of the top destinations,” said Ada Choi, senior director of research at CBRE. Among developed economies - and particularly in contrast to some European countries - Australia is considered to be doing quite well, Choi said ... Yet Choi said that the exchange risk should be minimal because the currency may begin to stabilise....

Hong Kong investors buying into London shops rise

Edit South China Morning Post 03 Nov 2015
The number of stores on Oxford Street, London owned by Hong Kong investors has risen nearly two times over the past two years, making Hong Kong the second largest ownership group behind investors of UK origin ... “Retail property investment requires high level of operational expertise, particularly shopping centres, and therefore it is not easy to shift from one market to another market,” said senior director Ada Choi ... ....

Buyers line up in Sydney for 420 George Street tower

Edit Canberra Times 21 Aug 2015
The site, anchored by State Street, is split between the office tower and the Mid City retail arcade at the ground level ... It is one of the newer sites in the central city ... Ada Choi, senior director, CBRE Research Asia Pacific, said while cross-border investments within Asia came down 40 per cent during this period, there was continued and robust outbound growth, with international capital allocation increasing 30 per cent ... ....

Sovereign wealth funds step up their property investments in Asia-Pacific

Edit South China Morning Post 12 May 2015
"Obviously China is an important market for sovereign wealth funds but many of them, particularly the new entries to this region, would prefer more mature markets like Japan and Australia," said Ada Choi, senior director at CBRE Research, Asia Pacific. "Hong Kong and Singapore are in the spotlight too but I think that activity will be driven by opportunities to access such prime properties," said Choi....

HK's property investment portfolio will double with the establishment of Future Fund

Edit South China Morning Post 29 Mar 2015
"There is considerable room for the Future Fund to assemble a sizeable real estate portfolio," said Ada Choi, senior director for CBRE Research Asia, before the release of a report today by the property consultancy that suggests the Future Fund can learn from the established Asian sovereign wealth funds ... However, Choi said it could be three to five years before the fund assembled a sizeable portfolio of global real estate holdings....

Institutional investment in real estate to see slower growth

Edit South China Morning Post 12 Mar 2015
Institutional investors are expected to increase real estate allocations this year, but the pace of growth may slow, given high asset pricing, according to property consultants ... We thus expect only a mild increase in investment turnover in 2015, by around 3 to 5 per cent year on year," said Ada Choi, a senior director at CBRE Research Asia ... ....

Hong Kong's reit market poised to gain from property slowdown in mainland China

Edit South China Morning Post 08 Feb 2015
The downturn in the mainland property sector presents a growth opportunity for Hong Kong's real estate investment trust sector ... This is especially so when landlords in weaker financial health are forced to sell, they say ... "Hong Kong is the preferred place for mainland property owners to package their assets and list in the city, rather than in Singapore," said Ada Choi, a senior director at CBRE Research. Chin said ... ....

Property asset disposals to see US$10b shortfall in China as funds expire

Edit South China Morning Post 26 Oct 2014
"There will be a peak in fund termination in 2015 and 2016, when about 50 funds with a gross asset value of about US$40 billion will expire," said Ada Choi, a senior director at CBRE Research ... Choi said the problem would be bigger on the mainland than in Australia or Japan, where positive real estate market performance was expected....

Super funds and REITs fight for $8.4b in assets

Edit Canberra Times 02 Sep 2014
Growth opportunities. Menai Marketplace in Sydney ... The REP 3 portfolio is worth about $550 million across five regional malls ... According to analysts at JP Morgan there are $8.4 billion of assets on the market ... CBRE Research Asia senior director Ada Choi said Asian outbound investment continued to show strength and "we confidently expect full-year 2014 investments to surpass 2013, which was already a record year". ....

Asian Insurers Target Global Real Estate as Regulatory Restrictions Ease, CBRE Group, Inc. Research Finds

Edit Business Wire 15 Jul 2014
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The increasing liberalization of regulatory restrictions on Asian insurance funds could lead to an additional US$75 billion entering global real estate markets by 2018, with New York and London among the key targets, according to the latest research from CBRE ... Marc Giuffrida, Executive Director, CBRE Global Capital Markets, commented. ... Ada Choi, Senior Director, CBRE Research, commented. ... CBRE Group, Inc ... ....

Asian Insurers Target Global Real Estate as Regulatory Restrictions Ease, CBRE Group, Inc. Research Finds (CBRE Group Inc)

Edit noodls 15 Jul 2014
(Source. CBRE Group Inc) Asian Insurers Target Global Real Estate as Regulatory Restrictions Ease, CBRE Group, Inc. Research Finds. An Additional US$75 Billion Expected To Enter Global Real Estate Markets by 2018. Gateway Cities Including London and New York among Key Targets. LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul ... Marc Giuffrida, Executive Director, CBRE Global Capital Markets, commented. ... Ada Choi, Senior Director, CBRE Research, commented.....
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