Tag: Asian Markets

Investment in Asian real estate sector to benefit India

India may get benefited from the increased fund allocation to Asian real estate sector by global investors. Even as total amount raised by private equity real estate funds between January and November 2008 fell by a third to $57 billion from a year ago, the allocation towards Asian markets increased to 28% from 19%. As […]

Citigroup gets economical support from US government

Citigroup has got US government support of $326 billion, which is roughly equivalent to one-third of the Indian economy. Citi has received US government guarantees of $306 billion, a cover that will help it sell the sticky assets and irrecoverable mortgages on its books, and a $20-billion cash infusion from the US Treasury, which is […]

Asia Pacific realty market rolling under slump

The Asia Pacific property market is witnessing major impact from global economic turmoil, with vacancy rates rising and office space leasing declining, according to global realty consultant Jones Lang LaSalle. “In Asia Pacific, the financial market turmoil is starting to significantly affect the occupancy market for major financial office centres. Net leasing activity has been […]