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  • ING Real Estate Investment Management is looking to build a long term, sustainable business in Asian real estate markets. With heavy investment planned over the next year, the company is looking to become one of the leading players in the Asian market before too long. Safraz Thind speaks to Robert Lie, chief executive of ING's Asian business, on the company's ambitions for the region.
  • Few can blame Japanese companies for not wanting to be the first to launch a hybrid deal. They would be under intense scrutiny and would no doubt have to pay a premium. But it is not as if the hybrid structure is untried and untested — European chief financial officers have shown the way over the past 18 months and are now turning to the market with increasing confidence.
  • The real estate sector has been one of the biggest beneficiaries of rampant liquidity in the Asian loan market, with investment funds driving the use of non-recourse lending. By Steve Garton.
  • Philippine property developer Megaworld has seen some success in its local business, despite the general economic weakness in the country in recent times. With the domestic property market on an upward curve, says Sarfraz Thind, the future looks bright for the company.
  • Asian real estate investment trusts have taken off in the past couple of years. Liberal regulatory regimes and increased interest on the part of local investors has seen demand for Reits soar across the region. Nonetheless there remains some vital issues which need to be dealt with before the market can take off, as Sarfraz Thind reports.
  • The return of Japanese banks to the tier one market has been made possible by the country's economic recovery and the return to health of the banking sector. However, with the vast majority of public funds having been repaid by the banks, new issuance drivers will have to emerge if the supply from Japanese banks is to remain as buoyant as it has been in the past year.
  • Hybrid issuance by European and US corporates has been one of the most exciting developments in the global capital markets over the past 18 months. And now many believe the time has come for Japanese corporates to embrace the product. All the ingredients are there — aggressive M&A, rising interest rates, volatile equity markets and a fast recovering economy.
  • The Link Reit has established a number of firsts in the Asian Reit business. Its recent IPO took the market by storm, as investors queued up for the company's shares. So how does the Link Reit plan to build on its initial success? asks Sarfraz Thind
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  • Moody's changes to its criteria for rating hybrid securities in February 2005 have led to a revival of interest in the hybrid product by Japanese corporates. But for hybrids to really take off, Japanese rating agencies need to get their own criteria up to speed, given their greater penetration of the potential issuer base.
  • Asia's real estate market has woken up from its slumbers. Increased transparency, liquidity and a liberalisation of regulatory regimes in the region have seen rapid developments in the size and depth of the market. However, with big variations from country to country, and the market still lacking the maturity of its European big brother, Asian real estate investment comes with a warning sign. By Sarfraz Thind.