Listed Real Estate Asia, KT Capital Group

Jacob Cheng

Jacob has 7 years of professional buy-side experience in real estate investment and listed equities.  Jacob worked as a portfolio manager/analyst in Global Listed Real Estate team in AMP Capital and Macquarie Asset Management.  Prior to that, Jacob has spent 5 years in APG asset management, in the listed real estate team.  As one of the largest RE funds in Asia, he co-managed EUR6bn investment portfolio with the team with a focus on Hong Kong and China property.  He led the USD200m cornerstone investment in Wanda Commercial Properties IPO (the largest mall operator and developer in China).  Prior to this, Jacob has 3 years of experience in investment banking in Bank of America Merrill Lynch, covering equity, debt and M&A transactions across real estate, consumer& retail and TMT sectors.  Jacob specializes in fundamental bottom up research.  Aside from work, Jacob has a personal interest in spirituality and personal development.  He practiced meditation and has published a book about meaning of life in 2016.

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KT Capital Group

Principal investments and advisory firm that focuses on connecting the CIS countries with East Asia.

Principal investments and advisory firm

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

China Real estate / Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>We initiated research on the China property management sector.  The PMC sector is characterized by its asset light nature, stable recurring revenue as well as net cash balance sheet</li>
<li>The relationship between PMCs and parent developer is multi-faceted.  Although PMCs are fundamentally safer, we think investors need to restore their confidence in developers first for re-rating to occur</li>
<li>For investors with higher risk tolerance, we think LONG CR MixC and LONG COPL (both backed by SOE developers) offer a favourable risk-reward profile</li>
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We initiated research on the China property management sector.  The PMC sector is characterized by its asset light nature, stable recurring revenue as well as net cash balance sheet
The relationship between PMCs and parent developer is multi-faceted.  Although PMCs are fundamentally safer, we think investors need to restore their confidence in developers first for re-rating to occur
For investors with higher risk tolerance, we think LONG CR MixC and LONG COPL (both backed by SOE developers) offer a favourable risk-reward profile


China Property Management Sector: Navigating Turbulence for Investment Opportunities