In April, Institutional Real Estate Asia Pacific senior editor Dr Jennifer Molloy spoke with three experts on sustainability, and their responses are collected below. The Q&A includes Ian Lieblich, head of ESG at EG Funds; Julie Manning, global head of climate and carbon with LaSalle Investment Management; and Shami Nissan, head of sustainability at Actis.
An Asia allocation plays a valuable role in diversifying a global investment mix. More specifically, the region is poised to generate a spectrum of opportunities as a result of secular growth trends and unique in-market dynamics.
When used well, AI accomplishes mundane tasks quickly, improves data modelling and accuracy, and shifts investment decisions. At the heart of it all is data, and it’s imperative that firms don’t sit around and wait for AI to come to them; they must be proactive.
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The listed property sector provides an immediate barometer for the underlying sentiment of the market as well as underlying transactions. A key determinant for transactions is the willingness of buyers and sellers to close the valuation gap.
Asia Pacific is home to half of the top 10 best-performing cities in the world for innovation and talent, including Beijing (second), Tokyo (fourth), Seoul (sixth), Singapore (seventh) and Shanghai (ninth), according to JLL’s Innovation Geographies 2024.
The Australian Retirement Trust (ART), one of Australia’s largest superannuation funds, has opened its first overseas office in London.
Qantas Super, an Australian superannuation fund exclusively for Qantas Group, plans to invest A$200 million (US$130 million) in agriculture investor GO.FARM to transform underutilised agricultural land into horticultural projects in New South Wales’ Riverina, northern Victoria and other parts of Australia.
Most occupiers (87 percent) in India believe at least half of their office portfolio should be powered by renewable sources by 2030 to align with broader net-zero carbon goals, according to a recent survey by JLL.
Asia Pacific real estate securities closed the first quarter of 2024 0.45 percent higher, predominantly attributable to a 4.91 percent gain in March 2024, which brought the total return performance for the past 12 months to 2.45 percent in US-dollar terms, according to the GPR/APREA Composite Index.
The Australian REIT sector delivered a strong return in the first quarter of 2024, with a total return of 16.8 percent, outperforming the broader market, which saw a 5.3 percent return.
Asia Pacific has been a bright spot for the tech sector given its vibrant landscape and diversity; wage differential; and strong growth of generative artificial intelligence talent, according to CBRE’s Global Tech Talent Guidebook 2024.