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The MSCI/APREA Pan-Asia Quarterly Property Fund Index measures net property fund returns and tracks the performance of 8 open-ended commingled funds, with a Net Asset Value of USD 13.2 billion as at September 2025.
It is a peer-group index designed to provide a competitive set to better understand and benchmark performance, analyze integrated property and fund-level data, and evaluate intra-year, in-region market indicators.
The unprecedented crisis created by the COVID-19 outbreak has propelled the data center business providing an unexpected tailwind. Technology adoption and digitization across the sectors were fast-tracked globally and India also leap-frogged at least a decade in the past couple of years.
The lockdown and subsequent restrictions threw life and business out of gear. However, this very black swan event became a massive catalyst for digital adoption across the country.
The government’s initiative and drive towards a digital economy was accelerated further as all aspects of daily life from banking, education, and shopping were forced to switch and adapt to the digital ecosystem. This had led to increased use of data consumption and internet bandwidth across the country, driven by the ever-expanding reach of social media, increased use of smart devices, data localization, increased adoption of cloud services, and digital transformation journeys of several Indian companies.
India accounts for 14% of the world’s mobile subscriptions and 15% of the total mobile data traffic. This is likely to increase to 17% by 2027 as our economy is poised to grow despite a global slowdown and other economic headwinds. Hence, it is evident that a substantial volume of data will be generated that will require enhanced storage capacity.
While the presence of data centers is primarily in the major metropolitan locations as of now, soon tier II & III cities will emerge and offer quality supply for this new-age asset class. As manufacturing and warehousing spread out across the country to deliver and service demand from the non-metro market, data centers in the future are more likely to make their way to such locations.
Our survey of IT-ITeS professionals across the country reveals that improvement in operational efficiency is the topmost priority. The specialized operators in this domain are likely to rule the market as most companies are comfortable paying a premium for the efficiency in services and eased operations.
Our latest publication on the preparedness for the future of data centers reveals many more interesting and lesser-known details on this sunshine sector.
This report was originally published in https://www.anarock.com/research-insights
July’s news flow remained challenging, with investors expecting the developed world’s central banks to stay on a protracted hiking cycle and tighten money supply to combat inflation. On the back of the protracted conflict in Ukraine and slowing growth in the US and Europe, outlook for the global economy has also darkened. Meanwhile, data emerged that widespread lockdowns in China to stem Covid infections has strained economic activity in the second quarter. The country’s economy grew just 0.4% in that period – its slowest pace since the coronavirus outbreak two years ago. Still, capital markets in the region rebounded as investors shrugged off the negativity. Equities in the region rose as strong corporate earnings in the US and the expected resumption of Russian gas supply to Europe lifted sentiment.
AEW published a research report on climate risk. The report, authored by Hans Vrensen, Head of Research & Strategy, explores how physical climate change, in particular river floods and rising sea levels, will impact European real estate returns, and the importance of a proactive investment approach.
Please find below the rebalancing results for the following GPR/APREA index series, which will become effective as of 19 September 2022 (start of trading):
GPR/APREA Investable 100 Index
INCLUSIONS
| AUS | CIP AT | Centuria Industrial REIT |
| JPN | 3295 JT | Hulic REIT |
| JPN | 3453 JT | Kenedix Retail REIT Corp |
| JPN | 8956 JT | NTT UD REIT Investment Corporation |
| SGP | ART SP | Ascott Residence Trust |
| SGP | FCT SP | Frasers Centrepoint Trust |
EXCLUSIONS
| CHN | 410 HK | Soho China Limited | Liquidity too low |
| THA | SIRI TB | Sansiri PCL | Liquidity too low |
GPR/APREA Investable REIT 100 Index
INCLUSIONS
| IND | EMBASSY IB | Embassy Office Parks REIT |
| JPN | 3459 JT | Samty Residential Investment Corporation |
| SGP | MUST SP | Manulife US REIT |
EXCLUSIONS
| KOR | 330590 KP | LOTTE REIT | Liquidity too low |
| NZL | PCT NZ | Precinct Properties New Zealand Ltd | Liquidity too low |
GPR/APREA Composite Index + GPR/APREA Composite REIT Index
INCLUSIONS
None
EXCLUSIONS
None
With a significant growth forecast for the global tech sector in the next 10 years, the evolution of tech cities around the world as hubs of tech talent and suitable commercial real estate will continue. In this report we assess how tech cities are competing for business across key talent, real estate, and business environment metrics.
Key Takeaways
This report was originally published in https://www.cushmanwakefield.com/en/insights/tech-cities-the-global-intersection-of-talent-and-real-estate
Rising inflation, zero-covid policies in mainland China and ongoing supply chain bottlenecks are just a few of the headwinds that continue to cloud the operating environment for occupiers of commercial real estate in Asia Pacific.
As slowing GDP growth prompts many companies to tighten their belts, CBRE’s recent surveys of office, retail and logistics tenants, along with wide-ranging discussions with corporate clients, have uncovered several common themes in how occupiers are adapting and responding to these challenges.
The seven key trends we expect to influence occupier portfolio strategy and leasing demand over the remainder of the year and into 2023 are as follows:
This report was originally published in https://www.cbre.com/insights/briefs/asia-pacific-occupier-trends—concerns-priorities-and-strategies-ahead
In Colliers Hotel Insights | Q2 2022, we look at:
Two quarters into 2022 and what travel in a post-COVID-19 world will be is starting to take shape. Travel restrictions continue to be reduced en-masse across the world, with airline traffic up to 69% of pre-COVID (2019) levels at the end of March 2022. According to the latest forecast by IATA, air traffic is expected to exceed pre-COVID levels by 2024. Driving demand for those seats will be domestic and increasing number of tourists, with the UNWTO forecast that by tourism arrivals would have exceeded 2019 levels by the end of 2023 in certain regions.
Once heralded as the harbinger of doom for business and group travel – it seems the desire to meet in-person has once again triumphed, as leisure (mostly visit, friends and relatives), meetings, and events travel lead the recovery.
However, once again head winds threaten. Whether it’s the ever-present threat of a resurgence of a deadly variant, high inflation, labour bottlenecks and increased cost of living has meant reduced disposable income. Question is, will the desire to travel outweigh the need to save, thereby dampening the recovery, at least in the short-term.
In terms of hotel performance, room occupancies across Asia increased to 48.5%, with ADR improving to US$83.69, a recovery in RevPAR of 12.3%. However, there remains a great divide between the more open Southern countries versus the closed Northern region, with China especially remaining closed for the foreseeable future.
This report was originally published in https://www.colliers.com/en-hk/research/2022-q2-hospitality-insights-colliers
This report sets out MAS’ strategy on climate resilience and environmental sustainability to strengthen the resilience of Singapore’s financial sector to environmental risks, develop a vibrant green finance ecosystem, build a climate-resilient reserves portfolio, and incorporate sustainable practices.
This report was originally published in https://www.mas.gov.sg/publications/sustainability-report/2022/sustainability-report-2021-2022
Landmark research from Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School has, for the first time, shed light on how companies in the ASEAN region are addressing their obligations for climate-related reporting.
Analysis of the top 100 largest listed companies in six Southeast Asian nations – Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam – finds 70% (420 companies) published climate-related disclosures in 2020/2021. Climate Reporting in ASEAN: State of Corporate Practices analyzes those 420 businesses, focusing on their approach to reporting, materiality, risks and opportunities, governance, strategy, targets, and performance.
Key findings of the research include:
In terms of climate reporting:
This report was originally published in https://globalreporting.org/news/news-center/asean-companies-get-serious-about-climate-change/
Kemmu Kawai joined Longevity Partners Japan in September 2022 as the Country Director. Based in Tokyo, he oversees all operations and activities in Japan, the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. He brings him more than 16 years of experience in finance where he specialised in real estate and credit investments. Before joining Longevity Partners, he served as a Portfolio Manager at Norinchukin Bank and as Investment Manager at Center Point Development.
Kemmu Kawai
Managing Director
Longevity Partners
