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Asia Real Estate News Tracker

Tracking developments across Asia's regional real estate markets

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<ul><li>Emperor Group is consolidating a site in Sai Ying Pun for a 62-home project in Hong Kong, promising a significant development.</li><li>EQT has appointed a former KKR executive to take charge of their real estate operations in Japan, signaling a strategic move.</li><li>A prominent mainland tycoon has sold a condo in The Peak for $66 million, marking a significant transaction in the luxury property market.</li></ul>

Emperor Group is consolidating a site in Sai Ying Pun for a 62-home project in Hong Kong, promising a significant development.EQT has appointed a former KKR executive to take charge of their real estate operations in Japan, signaling a strategic move.A prominent mainland tycoon has sold a condo in The Peak for $66 million, marking a significant transaction in the luxury property market.

Asia Real Estate Tracker (14-Apr-2025): Emperor Group's 62-home project in Sai Ying Pun.

<ul><li>Warburg Pincus and Wide Creek JV have acquired GreenFort, a Korean logistic asset, marking their second investment in the country.</li><li>Gaw Capital is set to discuss a joint venture with MTD TV for the development of 1,200 homes in an upcoming interview on Wednesday.</li><li>Mitsubishi Estate has sold its stake in a Shinjuku office tower to a J-REIT for $190 million, continuing its strategic real estate transactions.</li></ul>

Warburg Pincus and Wide Creek JV have acquired GreenFort, a Korean logistic asset, marking their second investment in the country.Gaw Capital is set to discuss a joint venture with MTD TV for the development of 1,200 homes in an upcoming interview on Wednesday.Mitsubishi Estate has sold its stake in a Shinjuku office tower to a J-REIT for $190 million, continuing its strategic real estate transactions.

Asia Real Estate Tracker (25-Mar-2025): Warburg Pincus JV acquires second Korean asset.

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Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

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Event-Driven

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<li>Currently, 9 stocks could be deleted from global passive portfolios in February. The deletion will lead to liquidity events where trackers will need to sell multiple days of ADV.</li>
<li>There has been a buildup on shorts on few stocks with minimal positioning in the other stocks. That could change once the calendar ticks over to 2025.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kokusai-electric-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40152:1" rel="noopener">Kokusai Electric (6525 JP)</a> is a potential inclusion to the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nikkei-225" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22909:1" rel="noopener">Nikkei 225 (NKY INDEX)</a> in March and this deletion could provide liquidity to enter a position ahead of that announcement.</li>
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Currently, 9 stocks could be deleted from global passive portfolios in February. The deletion will lead to liquidity events where trackers will need to sell multiple days of ADV.
There has been a buildup on shorts on few stocks with minimal positioning in the other stocks. That could change once the calendar ticks over to 2025.

Kokusai Electric (6525 JP) is a potential inclusion to the Nikkei 225 (NKY INDEX) in March and this deletion could provide liquidity to enter a position ahead of that announcement.


Japan: Potential Passive Selling in February

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<li>Up to 12 stocks could be deleted from global passive portfolios in August. The deletion will lead to liquidity events where trackers will need to sell multiple days of ADV.</li>
<li>There has been a buildup of shorts on nearly all these stocks though the extent of the pre-positioning varies.</li>
<li>The increase in shorts is smaller than the estimated passive selling, though there is a fair amount of variability across the names. </li>
</ul>


Up to 12 stocks could be deleted from global passive portfolios in August. The deletion will lead to liquidity events where trackers will need to sell multiple days of ADV.
There has been a buildup of shorts on nearly all these stocks though the extent of the pre-positioning varies.
The increase in shorts is smaller than the estimated passive selling, though there is a fair amount of variability across the names. 


Japan - Passive Selling in a Few Weeks & Shorts Build Up

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<li>There are a bunch of stocks that have underperformed the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nikkei-225" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22909:1" rel="noopener">Nikkei 225 (NKY INDEX)</a> and their peers and could be deleted from global passive portfolios in August.</li>
<li>The deletion from passive portfolios will lead to a liquidity event at the end of August where passive trackers will need to sell multiple days of ADV.</li>
<li>Shorts have been built up on all the stocks over the last few months and the extent of the positioning varies across stocks.</li>
</ul>


There are a bunch of stocks that have underperformed the Nikkei 225 (NKY INDEX) and their peers and could be deleted from global passive portfolios in August.
The deletion from passive portfolios will lead to a liquidity event at the end of August where passive trackers will need to sell multiple days of ADV.
Shorts have been built up on all the stocks over the last few months and the extent of the positioning varies across stocks.


Japan - Yet Another Big Round of Passive Selling Expected in August

Japan

Japan Real Estate Investment Corporation is a real estate investment trust (REIT) which invests in real estate and securitized real estate products. The Company directly invests in office properties with a focus on 3 wards(Chiyoda, Chuo, and Minato) in Tokyo.

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Asia Real Estate Tracker (14-Apr-2025): Emperor Group's 62-home project in Sai Ying Pun.

Emperor Group announces consolidation of site in Sai Ying Pun for 62-home project, EQT appoints former KKR exec to lead Japan real estate, while...

Asia Real Estate Tracker

Asia Real Estate Tracker (25-Mar-2025): Warburg Pincus JV acquires second Korean asset.

Warburg Pincus and Wide Creek JV acquire Korean logistic asset, Gaw Capital plans 1,200-home JV, Mitsubishi Estate sells Shinjuku office tower...

Asia Real Estate Tracker

Japan: Potential Passive Selling in February

These 9 stocks continue to remain potential deletes in February along with 2 more now. There has been an increase in shorts as the stocks have, on...

Brian Freitas

Japan - Passive Selling in a Few Weeks & Shorts Build Up

There are a bunch of stocks in Japan that could be sold by passive global investors in August. Shorts have increased on nearly all stocks and the...

Brian Freitas

Japan - Yet Another Big Round of Passive Selling Expected in August

There are a bunch of stocks in Japan that could be sold by passive global investors in August. Shorts have increased on all stocks and the extent...

Brian Freitas

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