Market Outlook

In August, the Property Council of Australia (PCA) released data showing that the Melbourne CBD vacancy rate was just 3.6% as at 1 July 2018. This represents the lowest vacancy rate since July 2008. The rate also beat the expectations of survey respondents from a year ago‡ , where a vacancy rate of 6% was expected for Q3 2018.

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OPPORTUNISTIC REAL ESTATE: HIGH RISK, HIGH RETURN

With appetite for higher-risk strategies increasing in the search for high returns, opportunistic private real estate funds are of growing interest to investors. We take a look at the risk/return profile associated with the strategy. Access the article to find out more on page 2.

REAL ESTATE INVESTOR UPDATE...

The GPR/APREA AsiaPac Performance Snapshot tracks the dynamics of listed real estate securities (including REITs) across 12 AsiaPac countries/regions and eight sectors, over multiple time horizons.

• The AsiaPac equities asset class was the top total return performer in September 2018 and on a three-year basis.
• REITs were the strongest performing asset class over a one year, 5-year and 10-year horizon.

The private equity (‘PE’) landscape is of significant importance to the UK economy, with PE investment in the UK exceeding €27 billion in 2017, nearly double the figure we saw deployed in 2016.

Consistent feedback from investors, as evidenced by the successes and failures of recent years is that the strength of the management team behind a business is key to what a portfolio company actually achieves.

So how do you attract and motivate a management team in a private equity portfolio company? We regularly see headlines about executive pay in listed companies, and there is readily accessible information in PLC remuneration reports, but less information and less disclosure is available in the context of privately owned and private equity backed businesses.

In response to this, KPMG have...