

According to NPR, Ant Group, a massive Chinese financial technology company, was suddenly halted from listing on the Shanghai Stock Exchange just days before its IPO date. NPR reports: “What was supposed to be the world’s largest initial public stock offering has been...
Ant Group’s IPO and the rising tide of authoritarianism

India’s economic tragedy is Sophoclean
The covid-19 pandemic has afflicted India with its biggest economic shock since the oil crises of the 1970s. The Indian economy, among the world’s fastest-growing emerging markets four years ago, contracted by a ghastly 24% in Q2 2020 and could even end the year...
India’s economic tragedy is Sophoclean

It’s time to bottom fish in Singapore REITs
I believe it is now time to bottom fish in Singapore property developers and selected REITs on SGX. Why? One, Singapore benefits from US supply chain reconfigurations away from China and Hong Kong’s pro-democracy political unrest. Two, Singapore is the world’s best...
It’s time to bottom fish in Singapore REITs

Asian REITs – monthly update
Asia Pacific property stocks lost ground in September as risk aversion gripped investors, ahead of a US presidential election and continued concerns that a global economic recovery remains volatile. Investors went on the defensive, even as the region remains on a...
Asian REITs – monthly update

Confessions of a valuer, chapter 3: Strawberries at twenty paces
In this very special series of exclusive articles for the Property Chronicle, Australian property legend Norman Harker reflects on his extraordinary 50-year life in real estate. He will pull no punches partly because, as he freely admits, Norman has a limited life...
Confessions of a valuer, chapter 3: Strawberries at twenty paces