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SEBI rolled out REIT Regulations in September 2014 (“REIT Regulations”). Of the Grade A office space stock of over 500 msf in India, as per JLL Research, 294 mn sq. ft. of office space stock would be eligible for REIT in India. This would translate to potential investment of USD 35 bn.

鉴于新冠疫情,房地产企业业务开展出现严重障碍和滞后,在财务领域带来一系列需要 应对的棘手问题。为协助房地产企业控制负面影响、做好业务持续发展规划、完善风险 管理机制和提升企业管理水平,毕马威凭借多年来服务于房地产企业财务税务领域的专 业经验,梳理了房地产企业近期应重点把握的财税问题和亟需开展的管理工作,供房地 产企业管理层、财务总监及财务负责人参考.

  • 尽管由于COVID-19带来的不确定性导致亚洲股市普遍下跌,但亚太REIT仍保持弹性,在1月获得1.8%的收益回报率。随着业务和供应链中断的影响,亚洲的中央银行正在积极调整战略去应对该病毒所带来的的负面经济效应, 例如泰国银行在2月5日采取降息措施去减少病毒对经济的消极影响。
  • 澳大利亚和日本上市的房地产股票和房地产投资信托基金是该地区大型市场中表现最好的股票,而印度房地产股票在中小型市场中表现最好。
  • 在中国,COVID-19所带来的的经济影响最为明显。部分城市处于封锁状态,消费者被迫留在家中,许多业务链被迫中断。中国人民银行和财政部已经宣布了各种措施打响经济保卫战。在2月12日,上海,无锡,西安和南昌推出了针对开发商的扶持政策,旨在缓解其流动性压力。

 Asia Pacific REITs remained resilient despite a general downturn in Asia’s equities arising from the uncertainty brought about by COVID-19.  As broader Asia continues to feel the impact on business and supply chain disruptions, Asia’s central banks are taking the economic implications of the virus seriously; the Bank of Thailand surprised with a rate cut on February 5th.
 
Australian and Japanese listed real estate equities and REITs were top performers among large-scale markets in the region, while India real estate equities recorded the best performance among mid and smaller markets. Notably, real estate continues to be a bright spot in many of their major cities.
 
The economic implications of COVID-19 are most pronounced in China, as major cities are in lockdown, business disruption is unprecedented, and consumers are forced to stay home. The People’s Bank of China along with the Ministry of Finance have announced a variety of measures to soften the impact of the virus. In addition, on February 12th, Shanghai, Zhejiang Wuxi, Xian, and Nanchang rolled out supportive policies for developers, aiming at relieving liquidity pressure.

  • The number and value of raisings in Australia has already exceeded what took place in the aftermath of the 2008-09 global financial crisis.
  • Singapore has seen transactional activity and liquidity rise in the last two years, and an increase in cross-border activity has compressed yields.

•在澳大利亚,融资的数量和价值已经超过了2008-09年全球金融危机后的情况。

•在过去的两年中,新加坡的交易活动量和流动性增加,而跨境活动的增加压缩了收益率。

  • From the fall of 2016, moderate expansion of Japan’s economy has continued. However, since 2018, the economy has turned to a stagnant trend and as of November 2018 it is in the midst of a moderate slowdown.
  • Signs indicating a turnaround in the for-sale/transaction market for real estate in Japan, for example the decline in the contract rate of for-sale real estate and the bottoming out of transaction yields, are increasing. It appears that the market has already peaked out.

The year to 31 December 2018 was characterised by a record level of overall activity of NZ$1,698.9m, an increase of $709.3m from 2017 ($989.6m) and significantly above the average of $870.2m since the first survey in 2003.

Mid-market investment activity continued to be strong in 2018 resulting in $245.0m in investments, albeit down from a high of $333.7m recorded in 2017. Divestment activity with disclosed deal values has increased to $100.8m in 2018 from $62.4m recorded in 2017.

Meanwhile, 2018 was a record year for VC activity. Investments have increased to $269.7m, with divestments decreasing in the period. Buy-out activity has continued, but at a lower level than the 2016 peak, with $579.0m of investments and $503.4 divestment activity

  • Hyderabad recorded the highest office net absorption in 2019 (as a proportion of existing stock), while it is also among the world’s best-performing cities for prime office rental growth.
  • APAC-focused managers are finding the largest returns in distressed opportunities – with the strategy also exhibiting a lower risk profile than opportunistic funds (the most capitalized strategy). Meanwhile, debt and fund of funds vehicles have exhibited the lowest variation in returns.

  • China real estate equities’ s total return surged to 12.9% in December supported by solid China’s official Purchasing Managers’ Index at 50.2 for December. China’s home prices saw an increase in December witnessed a 3.34 percent year on year growth, according to the China Index Academy.
  • Indonesia real estate stocks were top performers among mid and smaller markets in December. In the fourth quarter of 2019, foreign direct investment into Indonesia rose 6.4% year-on-year to US$7 billion. China, Hong Kong, and Singapore were the top sources of investment.
  • Hong Kong REITs recorded the best performance at 2.2% in December. China Merchants has raised US$327.2 million in a public offering in Hong Kong, breaking a six-year listing drought for REITs in Hong Kong.