Bust or buying opportunity? In the new territories north of Hong Kong, a vast and lavish property development was planned: a wetlands restoration, hundreds of luxury townhouses, all surrounding the jewel in this property crown – a Palace of Versailles-themed villa of truly palatial size and ostentation. If you want to know when you’ve reached […]
FTSE ST Real Estate Investment Trusts (FTSE ST REIT Index) increased from 827.88 to 864.41 (4.41%) compared to the last month update. The Singapore REIT index rebounded off from the support level at 807 three times, broke the 836 resistance turned support level and is now trading between the 836-890 range. Yield spread (in reference […]
At the end of February in 1972, US president Richard Nixon visited Beijing to mark the beginning of a dramatic shift in attitudes and policies affecting the destinies of the respective regimes. Jimmy Carter ended America’s diplomatic recognition of Taiwan as the Republic of China (ROC) in January 1979, switching those channels to the Peoples’ […]
Hong Kong’s implementation of draconian Covid policies threatens its status as an international financial hub. This is seen through Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam’s execution of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s ‘Zero-Covid’ policy amid crippling economic strain and a fifth wave of Covid-19 infections. Lam’s pandemic strategy, compounded with concerns over the National Security Law (NSL), undermines the liberties that Hong Kong is […]
Gentrified locations, life sciences and IT. Many cities across APAC (Asia Pacific) continue to grow at an aggressive pace. And with this growth has come the emergence of new and exciting urban locations including in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Seoul and Fukuoka. These locations are often the home of rapidly expanding business clusters – centred around […]
FTSE ST Real Estate Investment Trusts (FTSE ST REIT Index) decreased from 816.11 to 827.88 (1.44%) compared to the last monthly update. The Singapore REIT index rebounded off 800 in January 2022 and has stayed within the 800-836 range. Yield spread (in reference to the 10-year Singapore government bond of 1.78% as of 5 February […]
So here’s the thing. Popular economics (by which I mean the sort that someone with a low pass at maths O-level second attempt can just about grasp) suggests that if supply outstrips demand then prices fall. And presumably if there is no demand at all then supply pretty much dries up, since there is no […]
As the dominant superpower since the end of World War II, the United States has played a core role in crafting the geopolitical status quo in Asia. US state-building operations were influential in the creation of liberal democratic regimes in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. Furthermore, the semblance of a rules-based international order is a […]
FTSE ST Real Estate Investment Trusts (FTSE ST REIT Index) decreased from 853.35 to 816.11 (-4.37%) compared to the last monthly update. The Singapore REIT index broke the support level of 816 to a low of 799, but has since rebounded to 816. Yield spread (in reference to the 10-year Singapore government bond of 1.78% as of 5 February 2021) […]
Asia Pacific now accounts for 35% of global GDP – exceeding the share of US and Europe – and in its aspirations has lifted millions out of poverty, but it’s also responsible for about 80% of the world’s coal consumption and up to 60% of CO2 emissions. This rate of economic development has no doubt […]
