All Entries in the "Opinion & Analysis" Category
Analysis: Home design: Seat of power
Many times I have nervously walked into the offices of CEOs and major executives for first time meetings. Sometimes there is a dazzling expensive view from an office on a high floor, but I often find, for being so fancy, their offices are usually drab and predictable. I continue to be hugely underwhelmed.
Analysis: Pension: Plugging the pension gap with property related assets
The decline in worldwide retirement provision and pension deficits in both government and private schemes, will inevitably lead to a reduced income stream for those reliant on them to fund their retirement needs.
Many individuals are understandably now in a state of inertia and ‘caught in the headlights’ following the institutional financial fiascos of 2008 and 2011
Analysis: Insights: A close Burma shave
Myanmar’s new found freedom is already luring overseas property investors in droves, but will the market match all the buzz? Years of failed Communism in Banana Republics around the spinning globe have left a shallow feeling on unfulfilled capitalism and empty wallets from the huddled masses.
Analysis: Tax: International aspirations for AEC 2015
The latest BDO Global Ambition Survey reveals that despite perceived increased difficulties in conducting business abroad, the CFOs in all the countries interviewed believe that a larger proportion of their revenues will be accounted for by sales outside their headquartered country by 2014.
Analysis: Buyers Advice: It takes three to Tango
Proudly admitting to being a real estate agent is something that I don’t have a problem with. I work very hard for my clients and take the responsibility of assisting them to both protect and invest their money extremely seriously. But alas, whenever I am at some swanky event or gorgeous lunch and in my element – you know what I mean – the champagne is flowing, the conversation is lively and my new best friends are laughing like drains at my fabulous wit and hanging on every word of my hilarious “you won’t believe what happened on the way here” story, some bright spark has to ruin it all and ask me what I do for a living.
Hong Kong’s retail property market thrives at expense of competitiveness
According to recent reports by Colliers International, while the residential, office and industrial sectors in Hong Kong are expected to see downward adjustment pressure amidst global economic uncertainties, the local retail property sector is the exception with an uptrend tagged to its outlook in 2012.
Economic sentiment deflates the balloon of capital flows
While cross border capital flows have reportedly been deflated by economic sentiment, Japan has stood out in Asia Pacific as a top destination and source of capital.
In a press release by Jones LaSalle, Q1 in 2012 saw a large increase in cross border capital flow into Japan while Japanese investors started to look outside of Asia Pacific.
India and sustainable real estate – miles to go but getting there
The real sector has emerged as one India’s largest drivers of economic growth. As a sector, it provides large scale employment and contributes significantly to the GDP. For decades, environmentalists have been warning that frenetic human economic activity associated with the breakneck speed of economic growth is placing a huge strain on the earth and its natural resources.
Colliers International release report on Beijing’s office property market.
Beijing’s overall office property market remained stable in the first quarter of 2012. Total stock of office property market including Grade A and B came in at 11.98 million square metres at the end of the first quarter according to a report released by Colliers International. A slowdown in the leasing market caused net [...]
Analysis: Buyers’ Advice: One slick city
On a mission to join the world of technological style and sophistication, Claire Brown discovers Bangkok’s new found high-end status with wealthy queues forming at the counters of branded luxury.
Ladies and gentlemen, I have finally joined the modern age. I write this month’s missive from a Mac. In fact, let me get this right, it is a Macbook Pro. It was incredibly baffling for the first five minutes and I couldn’t imagine ever getting to grips with it, but after my tantrum (at the age of 36 I still appear to be stuck in the “terrible twos” – maybe I am teething or something) I seem to be taking to it pretty well. Ducks, water, moi?
