Staff Writer
Inbound investment into real estate in Asia will record higher growth volumes compared to outbound investments in 2015.
Institutional investors are now investing in the global secondaries real estate market, with China being a potential market in Asia.
If the first US corporate pension schemes start investing this year, return-hungry new players will enter the private equity and secondaries markets.
Secondaries buyers are increasingly using deferred payments and leverage to compete for assets. But smart structuring can also lock in returns in case there’s a new downturn in the euro zone.
There are certain alternatives a company should consider in the 409A valuation process when permitting secondary sales, writes Ira Simkhovitch, a senior associate at Industry Ventures.
European investors are turning to secondaries funds as they see a rising tide of activity in their home markets, but narrowing discounts and lofty valuations are also stoking concerns.
About 63 percent of investors surveyed by Investec are likely to use third-party debt for a secondaries acquisition in the future, explains global head of fund finance at Investec Simon Hamilton.
The infrastructure secondaries market will benefit policy-makers and investors by stimulating growth and promising attractive yields, writes Charles Ford, of counsel at Hogan Lovells.
There's a new wave of supply in emerging market secondaries and buyers with local expertise are best placed to exploit these opportunities, says PineBridge's Valerie Chen (pictured), Cristina Alcaide and Amit Mahajan.
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