Japan’s property market is facing fresh scrutiny from international investors as the government introduces a rule requiring buyers to declare their nationality and the Bank of Japan’s interest rate increases raise financing
Saudi Arabia is preparing to redirect its $925 billion sovereign wealth fund away from the large-scale real estate megaprojects that have dominated its development agenda for the past decade, Reuters reports. According
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Singapore’s private home prices rose for a fourth consecutive quarter, signaling sustained demand for new units and suggesting the property boom in the city-state is likely to continue, according to final figures
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The family office of Qatar’s former ruler, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, is ramping up hiring to build a multistrategy investment team, joining a global trend of super-rich families expanding their
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Mohamed Alabbar, the billionaire mastermind behind Dubai Mall and the Burj Khalifa, is reshaping the global business landscape with an ambitious expansion that stretches far beyond the UAE. Known for his role
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Chinese tech giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is reportedly in talks to acquire the top 13 floors of One Causeway Bay in Hong Kong in a deal valued at around HK$7 billion
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A unit of China’s sovereign wealth fund has booked more than $50 billion in paper gains from heavy buying of local exchange-traded funds, underscoring the scale of Beijing’s efforts to prop up
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China’s securities regulator has advised some local brokerages to temporarily pause their real-world asset (RWA) tokenisation activities in Hong Kong, Reuters has learned from two sources familiar with the matter. The guidance
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Dubai’s property market, poised to surpass its longest-ever bull run, is showing early signs of strain, according to analysts and data providers. The nearly five-year surge in prices has been driven by
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Singapore’s office investment market is facing a rare slowdown, with last year marking the slowest pace since the onset of Covid-19 in 2020. According to data compiled by MSCI Inc., office transactions
More A leading Hong Kong real estate industry association has called on the government to create a HK$20 billion ($2.6 billion) fund to invest in distressed properties, warning that the city’s worsening property
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A mansion in Hong Kong has changed hands for HK$1.09 billion ($140 million), marking the city’s priciest home sale so far this year, according to a transaction filing reported by Bloomberg. The
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Investors are rushing back into New York City’s office market, injecting billions of dollars into property developments and signaling a revival in the wake of pandemic-era slowdown. Owners of four skyscrapers have
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Chinese equities jumped again on Monday, extending a liquidity-fueled rally that analysts say is showing early signs of euphoria in certain corners of the market, according to Bloomberg. The benchmark CSI 300
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Goldman Sachs is promoting legacy planning — from succession strategies to philanthropy — as Asia braces for a US$6.1 trillion intergenerational wealth transfer over the next two decades, according to the South
More Mainland Chinese buyers have accounted for 80% of transactions in Hong Kong’s ultra-luxury property market over the past 19 months, snapping up around HK$23 billion (US$2.93 billion) worth of homes, according to
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