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Thailand: Central Retail gears up for listing

Central Group, the country’s largest mall operator, is transforming a family retail business held for 72 years by the Chirathivat family and worth 240 billion baht into a listed company. Yol Phokasub, chief executive of Central Retail Corporation, said the company will submit filings with the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) some time this year. […]

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Foreign interest in Vietnam LNG sector remains high

Foreign investors are diving into developing liquefied natural gas (LNG) and gas-fired power projects in Vietnam, in part due to country’s growing demand for electricity. Korea Gas Corporation (Kogas) became the latest player last week after it entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Energy Capital Vietnam (ECV) that provides a framework for the […]

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HK investors eye Malaysian property

PETALING JAYA: The ongoing demonstrations in Hong Kong have resulted in a spike in interest in Malaysian property and in private international school enquiries. A check with four property consultancies and a couple of international schools suggest that interest rose towards late June and early July this year. Hong Kong street demonstrations started in March/April […]

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Barriers, data dearth hamper Asian market

Despite healthy GDP growth, the Southeast Asian property market still has investment barriers and a lack of data, says Credit Suisse. “There is a lot of economic growth in Southeast Asia, but the property market is not very transparent compared with places like Australia and the US, where rules, regulations and tax policies are easy […]

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