MFS Plunges as Investors Question Asset Manager Debt
By Laura Cochrane
Jan. 18 (Bloomberg) — MFS Ltd. plunged 69 percent in Sydney
trading after the Australian manager of A$5 billion ($4.4 billion)
of assets said it would sell shares to cut debt and split [...]
The FINANCIAL — The Swiss residential property market is in the middle of a soft landing. There is no prospect of Switzerland suffering the kind of upheaval experienced by property markets in other countries. This is the conclusion reached by Credit Suisses economists in their latest Real Estate Study.
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The FINANCIAL — GIC Real Estate, the property investment arm of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation, Starwood Capital Group Global, LLC and Morgan Stanley Capital K.K. announced on February 26 that an affiliate of GIC Real Estate has completed the transaction to purchase The Westin Tokyo from a special purpose company owned by real estate funds [...]
While European and U.S. property markets are waning in the face of a global credit crunch, Asia still appears strong, with a 26 percent increase in direct property investment to $121 billion in 2007, according to Jones Lang LaSalle, the real estate services and money management firm.
The UBS-Gemdale venture is seeking internal rates of return [...]
CapitaLand Net Rises 49% on Investments, Home Sales (Update5)
By Jean Chua
Feb. 22 (Bloomberg) — CapitaLand Ltd., Southeast Asias
largest developer, said fourth-quarter profit jumped 49 percent
as property investments rose in value and the company sold more
homes in China, Australia and [...]
Aspen, Cadiz, Tongaat, Uranium One: South Africa Equity Preview
By Garth Theunissen and Mike Cohen
Feb. 25 (Bloomberg) — The following is a list of companies
whose shares may have unusual price changes in South Africa.
Stock symbols are in parentheses after company [...]
Obelisk says Sofia property investments are attracting the attention of Hollywood [...]
Ten years ago, do-it-yourself junkies tuned in to home-improvement television shows to peek at the latest nifty tools and glean ideas about how to make homes look more like resorts.
Five years ago, a red-hot real estate market bolstered the popularity of fix-and-flip shows that taught viewers how to squeeze every penny out of a [...]
