Global Inflation causes concerns for the APAC Real Estate Sector

​A Recent MSCI report has highlighted a significant decline in commercial real estate deals in the APAC region in Q3. With analysts suggesting inflation being the cause of this slump, it is anticipated that this trend is unlikely to change any time soon. However, there is optimism from some players in APAC’s real estate sector…

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Government Initiatives look to support projects and for Renewables Recruitment the US Power Sector

​Biden has announced plans to provide funding to improve, modernise and grow the US power grid. The announced initiatives aim to move the US towards its clean energy goals and will focus on improving the infrastructure’s transmission and storage capacity, creating resilience against environmental disasters, and integrating innovative technologies into the grid. It is anticipated…

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Commodities Trading: Non-Bank Funding?

​What people are talking about: Asia Copper Week kicked off in Singapore via the annual Cesco week with the surrounding conferences and events. Sentiment in general seems to be of cautious optimism for copper and wider base metals in 2023 and we have seen strong demand for metals traders from clients, particularly in Singapore and…

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A look at the Current State of the Job Market

​What people are talking about: Commonwealth Bank of Australia has hired 4 Commodity Managing Directors – Martyn Whitehead, Joe Arena, Bradley Campbell, and Yasmina Elshafei. Investment banks such as Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley have strengthened their metals trading businesses globally to cash in on the increased volatility in the market, this…

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New Industrial Real Estate Investment Prospects in Singapore and Hong Kong

​Growth in the Singaporean industrial market continues apace. Meanwhile, despite rebounding slightly, a subsector of Hong Kong’s industrial market, industrial warehousing, is struggling to overcome an exceptionally low vacancy rate of around 1%. The situations in both APAC markets have implications for future real estate investment. Consider these statistics about the state of Singapore’s industrial…

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