Australia an Important Market for Deploying Core Capital
Global investors have identified Australia as an important market for deploying core capital, in a recent survey by JLL of 38 global investors collectively holding close to $2 trillion of assets under management. Australia’s high level of transparency and low volatility of returns make it very at
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Aug 25, 2020 5:01 AM
Global investors have identified Australia as an important market for deploying core capital, in a recent survey by JLL of 38 global investors collectively holding close to $2 trillion of assets under management. Australia’s high level of transparency and low volatility of returns make it very attractive for core investors wanting exposure to the Asia Pacific growth story, Half of all respondents plan on increasing their exposure to Australia by the end of 2021. Given the strong underlying drivers for logistics real estate, 81% of survey respondents plan on increasing their exposure to this sector by the end of 2021. With an expected recovery over the next six to 12 months, many investors have identified Australia, Japan, South Korea and China as the markets most likely to observe an increase in transactional activity into 2021. JLL’s Head of Capital Markets – Australia, Fergal G Harris said, “The survey results support our view that investors remain positive towards Australia and they have capital to deploy into core opportunities. The results also tell us that investors are subscribers to the long-term office demand story with investment grade office expected to remain central to investment strategies going forward. One of the challenges for investors wanting exposure to the Australian industrial & logistics sector is size of the investable universe.
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