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...that applies in some parts of China....
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...“Although I’m probably the least bearish I’ve been in the last three years, it’s still not the time.”...
...It has $13.6bn in total exposure to commercial real estate in the country....
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...M&G currently has £73bn in private assets under management across fixed income, alternatives, real estate and infrastructure, a small slice of overall private capital markets which hit $13tn in 2022 according...
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...Sanofi shares had gained about 24 per cent since Hudson was appointed, roughly in line with the growth of the CAC 40 index of blue-chip French companies....
...Shares in developers rose on Thursday following a Bloomberg report that Beijing had created a draft list of 50 real estate companies eligible for financing support....
...What An estate with 2,700 sq m of internal space, which is accessed via a cypress-lined driveway....
...He had been JPMorgan’s co-head of Emea M&A and co-head of its global strategic investor group M&A. Blackstone has hired Dan Leiter as international head of the firm’s credit and insurance business....
...would be interested in buying M given we haven’t believed the NPV of M’s real estate is worth $21/sh., especially given today’s high interest rates....
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...The benchmark of large and liquid Shanghai- and Shenzhen-listed stocks fell as much as 0.9 per cent on Monday, taking it to a low of about 3,480....
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