Investor Sentiment Leaning Towards Asia Pacific in 2022, Say Experts

• 14 September 2022
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Investors around the world are becoming more cautious in investing in real estate as well as other sectors, as uncertainty in the macroeconomic environment is ongoing, say, experts, emphasizing that the Asia Pacific market has gained more popularity lately compared to other regions.

Despite the more cautious approach, the market in the Asia Pacific will continue to attract attention from local and global investors, said Regional Director, APAC Capital Markets at Cushman & Wakefield and webinar moderator Gordon Marsden.

According to ReTalk Asia, a recent survey showed that alternative asset classes remained a key focus.

“What we are seeing is an increased granularity in sub-classes and sub-sub-classes such as data centers, cold chain, and infill and last-mile logistics as investors look for growth areas within alternative asset classes – essentially alternatives within alternatives,” Marsden said.

Asked how they would split US$1 billion across different sectors, investors voted to allocate more to logistics than to office or other types of real estate. Over 35% believed the logistics sector remains fundamentally undersupplied, which is a great opportunity.

The report added the emerging markets in the region that attracts more investors are India and Vietnam.

India was ranked by just over 60% of respondents as their preferred emerging market (excluding mainland China) in which to invest.  Vietnam was the emerging market of choice, taking almost 80% of the votes.

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