思想引领

我们很高兴分享我们的成员 MSCI 的模型：MSCI 房地产气候风险价值 (Climate VaR) 模型，该模型展示了不同资产和投资组合的物理风险的性质和程度可能存在差异；并强调了考虑这些因素的重要性。.

As the world struggles to contain the COVID-19 outbreak, global travel has practically ground to a halt, impacting retail and travel related industries. Estimates by the United Nations point to the global economy slowing to under 2 per cent in 2020, costing some USD 1 trillion. There has not been any precedent with an equivalent scale of economic disruption in recent times to guide policymakers across the globe. The typical responses to this outbreak across the world thus far involve containment, social distancing, and economic support through fiscal and monetary measures to help cushion the financial fallout. The World Bank, for example, has set aside a USD 14 billion package to help companies and countries in their efforts to fight the spread of COVID-19.

In the past decade, the rise and fall of mainland Chinese investment in global real estate markets has created quite a stir amongst the international real estate community. However, in recent years overseas real estate investment activities of this group of investors has shifted from overseas acquisitions to disposals, with 2019’s total overseas investment volume down 79% since the peak in 2017. 

近十年来，中国内地境外地产投资的起伏，在国际房地产界掀起了不小的波澜。最近两年，境外房地产主流投资活动已 从收购转向处置。2019年，中国内地境外地产总投资额较2017年峰值下降79%。
 

Many business owners (private sector, public sector and public listed) have traditionally owned their real estate. These typically include factory operations coupled with offices and warehouses. While, in some cases, the real estate may have become non-core, in other cases such real estate is essential for the business operations. 

Arising from the need to social distance to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, the question that arises in the minds of many will be the state of the co-working industry in a possible new epoch. 

我们今天面临的最大不确定性之一，是如何在最大限度减少新冠病毒造成的人员伤亡和重启经济之间取得平衡。世界经济大部分地区仍然处于停滞状态，因此，新冠病毒危机带来的经济困境十分普遍。正因如此，世界各国政府纷纷宣布了前所未有的刺激、支持、救助和监管放松计划，以应对抗击疫情带来的经济冲击。.
 

Business Trusts may invest in a number of Holding companies/ SPVs and it is likely that there may be surplus funds available in one Holding company/ SPV which can be productively lent to another Holding company/ SPV.  Considering provisions of Section 2(22)(e), such loans may have adverse tax implications.  Provisions of Section 2(22)(e) do not apply to a listed company or its subsidiary.  Since units of a Business Trust shall be listed and the Holding company/ SPV is its subsidiary, exemption from Section 2(22)(e) should be available to such Holding companies/ SPVs as they are available to a listed company or its subsidiary. 

The Finance Bill 2020 proposes to levy tax on the dividend paid by InvITs/ REITs to the unitholders in the hands of the unitholders, which was until this proposed amendment exempt from tax. An efficient tax structure provided under the Income Tax Act 1961 enabled the successful listing of two InvITs in 2017, two privately placed but listed InvITs and India’s first REIT in April 2019 which attracted investment from large long-term foreign investors and also domestic institutional investors. 

We hereby state that pursuant to declaration of COVID-19 as a ‘Pandemic’ by the World Health Organisation (WHO), Government Of India (GOI) has invoked the provisions of Section 2 of the Epidemic Disease Act, 1897 in order to curb the spread of COVID-19. Further, as a precautionary measure, as required to arrest the spread, various State Governments have ordered complete shut-down of shopping centres, malls, multiplexes/cinema halls, hotels, industrial and warehouse parks  and  private / corporate offices except those providing essential services from March 20, 2020 onwards. This has been further extended due to complete lockdown by Central Government across India until Mid April, 2020, with a possibility of further extension as exact time frame for controlling this Pandemic cannot be defined.