Our Insights

As a thought leader in the real assets space, ARA's Group Research & Analytics team regularly publishes topical papers, commentaries and newsletters on the latest industry trends.

  • Investment/Capital Market
    Infrastructure
    Real Estate Trends

    ARA Alternative Assets & Infrastructure (2 – 8 Dec 2021)

    08 Dec 2021

    Merck and Wellcome Trust’s Hilleman Laboratories on Monday unveiled a pilot manufacturing facility for vaccine development in Singapore.

  • Investment/Capital Market
    Real Estate Trends

    Insight Research (30 Sept – 17 Nov 2021)

    17 Nov 2021

    In response to rising demand, self-storage stock has expanded 5-15 per cent CAGR over the past five years in mature markets including Japan, Australia, and Hong Kong.

  • Investment/Capital Market
    Real Estate Trends

    Positioned for Growth – The Student Housing Market

    16 Nov 2021

    Demand for tertiary education has been on a rising trend before the pandemic. As social restrictions ease and international travel returns, the demand for student accommodation is likely to rebound, supporting investments into this asset class.

  • Investment/Capital Market
    Infrastructure
    Real Estate Trends

    ARA Alternative Assets & Infrastructure (4 – 10 Nov 2021)

    10 Nov 2021

    China’s most populous province Guangdong said on Friday (Nov 5) that its 2 biggest metropolises, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, must allocate at least 10 per cent of their land for rental housing to meet rising demand for homes, especially among the young.

  • Investment/Capital Market
    Infrastructure
    Real Estate Trends

    ARA Alternative Assets & Infrastructure (28 Oct – 3 Nov 2021)

    03 Nov 2021

    China’s big factories just had their worst month since the Covid-19 pandemic began, underscoring the scale of the slowdown in the world’s second largest economy and the supply challenges facing their customers.

  • Investment/Capital Market
    Infrastructure
    Real Estate Trends

    ARA Alternative Assets & Infrastructure (7 – 13 Oct 2021)

    13 Oct 2021

    President Xi Jinping’s pledge for China to stop funding overseas coal plants has cast doubt on the fate of nearly 70 coal-fired plants from Indonesia to Vietnam.

  • Investment/Capital Market
    Infrastructure
    Real Estate Trends

    ARA Alternative Assets & Infrastructure (23 Sept – 6 Oct 2021)

    06 Oct 2021

    ESR Australia has paid $17.65 million for a seven hectare Berrinba industrial development site. The block abuts the group’s Gilmore Industrial Estate – which will now be extended. The amalgamated 12ha holding can accommodate about 65,000 square metres of product.

  • Investment/Capital Market
    Infrastructure
    Real Estate Trends

    ARA Alternative Assets & Infrastructure (9 – 15 Sept 2021)

    15 Sep 2021

    ASCOTT Residence Trust announced last week that it will acquire a student accommodation property in Texas, in the United States, which will be its third student accommodation asset investment this year.