Investment
Duilio Calciolati, CFO, Gafisa SA
Brazil’s economy is growing at an astounding rate, as is the wealth of its people, across all income segments. With this growth comes high demand for homes: the country needs 1.5 million new units a year, before factoring in its 5.8 million unit deficit. With 50 years of history in the country and three well-respected brands, Gafisa is well placed to capitalise on these needs. Duilio Calciolati outlines Brazil’s real estate environment.
May 11, 2012
Investment
Dr Erling Refsum, CEO, Farsight Bioscience
While a lot of biotech solutions are developed from the ground up – by researchers investigating possibilities and potential – Farsight works the other way around – by identifying a market need and developing the science to provide a solution. Dr Refsum talks about his ideal project, the pressure on traditional research streams, and the global potential for scientific development.
April 30, 2012
Investment
Alan Gandelman, CEO, ICAP Brazil
Brazil’s fortunes have been rapidly improving for the last five years, and the country was recently recognised as the world’s fifth largest economy. But that’s not the end of the story, says Alan Gandelman of ICAP Brazil: with a stable economic and political landscape, everyone is investing in the country’s equity market, from the US and Europe to Asia and the Middle East.
April 2, 2012
Investment
Juan Diego Calle, CEO, .CO internet
The way we use the web and discover new content has changed: today we are mobile; today we share. Content producers must optimise their output to our new behaviours: and that means brevity. Enter .CO internet, which has exploded in the last 18 months providing accessibly short urls like t.co (twitter) and g.co (google). Juan Diego Calle explains the origins and benefits of the new must-have domain.
February 15, 2012
Investment
Seraj Al Baker, CEO, Mazaya Qatar Real Estate
Property in the GCC will hopefully never again reach the extraordinary levels of overvaluation it achieved in the pre-crash bubble – but the real estate market is well on the road to recovery, especially in those states not suffering from political instability and its resultant low investor confidence. Seraj Al Baker discusses Qatar’s progress and the opportunities of the 2022 Fifa World Cup.
January 11, 2012
Investment
Levent Eyüboğlu, CEO, Turkmall
Retail developer Turkmall has spread prolifically eastwards: today it manages $2.5bn of developments, and construction of another $2.5bn is planned for the next 12-18 months. CEO Levent Eyüboğlu discusses Turkmall’s flotation plans and its recent projects, including Europe’s largest shopping mall and a huge build in China.
November 28, 2011
Investment
Arthur Lang, Group CFO, CapitaLand Limited
CapitaLand is a pan-Asian real estate company, and although it also has interests in Europe the majority (80 percent) of its assets are in Singapore, China and Australia. Arthur Lang explains the company’s particular focus on China, and discusses some of the exciting projects the company is bringing to Singapore’s CBD.
November 11, 2011
Investment
Endre Dobozy, Managing Director, FTM Ltd; and George Andrews, Vanuatu Financial Services Commissioner
Three hours north of New Zealand is the tropical archipelago and emerging financial centre Vanuatu. George Andrews explains how the Financial Services Commission keeps the country commercially attractive, and Endre Dobozy discusses maintaining capital security alongside his ‘forget the market’ investment strategy.
October 13, 2011
Investment
Chong Kee Hiong, CEO, Ascott Residence Trust Management Ltd
Since its listing in 2006, Ascott REIT has expanded its assets three-fold to a current value of $2.2bn. CEO Chong Kee Hiong describes what investors are looking for when they invest in Ascott: the stability assured by the company’s European properties, and the growth from its Asia-Pacific portfolio.
October 3, 2011
Investment
Martin Estlander, CEO, Estlander & Partners
Throughout Europe some €5.2trn are invested in collective investment schemes under the UCITS directive. Martin Estlander discusses how the directive has helped Estlander’s products expand into new countries and markets – as well as the benefits of doing business in Finland, away from the traditional financial centres.
September 19, 2011