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 3, 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.
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
Investment
Tan Sri Rozali Ismail, CEO of Puncak Niaga, and World Finance Technology CEO of the Year 2011
Hywel Jones visits the offices and operations of Puncak Niaga in Malaysia, to find out how it became not only a regional leader in integrated water, wastewater and environmental solutions, but a driver in the country’s growth.
September 16, 2011
Investment
Paul White, CEO, and Stuart Jenkin, Director of Fund Management, Frogmore Real Estate Partners
The UK real estate market is divided in two: there’s London, and there’s the rest of the country. Messrs White and Jenkin from the 50-year-old investment firm Frogmore discuss the many reasons for sub-sector growth within the capital, and explain the adding-value focus in managing the company’s funds.
September 9, 2011
Investment
Dr Hilal Hussain Al-Tuwairqi, Chairman, Al Tuwairqi Holding Company
With a key focus on steel within the GCC industrial sector, Al Tuwairqi Holding is set to benefit significantly from the shift in manufacturing from Europe to the MENA region. Dr Al-Tuwairqi explains the company’s outlook.
September 8, 2011
Investment
Bader Nasser al-Subaei, Chairman and CEO, Kuwait Investment Company
The last two decades have been turbulent for Kuwait, with beginning in 1990 when Iraq invaded, followed by continued uncertainty in the GCC region and climaxing in the latest global financial crisis. Mr al-Subaei explains how investment culture in the Middle East has evolved through these seismic events.
July 11, 2011