Urban infrastructure - invest or ignore?
08/08/2007. Ernst & Young's Infrastructure 2007: A Global Perspective report shows that the US is lagging behind Asia and much of Europe. Their research looks at the evolving market for infrastructure funding, and offers a look at the status of current and planned infrastructure investment and development in a variety of categories in countries worldwide, with a particular focus on the United States, China, Japan, India, and Europe.

Opportunities for private equity in the forestry and paper sector
02/02/2005. Jaakko Pöyry Consulting looks at private equity's involvement in the forest and paper products sector, analysing the reasons for entry, trends in the industry, and the key opportunities for private equity investors

REITS make the scene in Asia
01/10/2003. There has been a global rise in the number of Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS), particularly in the Asian markets. Such funds can offer returns of around six or seven per cent. But are private equity firms interested in such investments? Not with those returns, argues Joel McCormick of the AVCJ.

Industry Watch: Construction
19/03/2003. It seems that no sector is safe from the general decline in the global economy. The construction industry in Hong Kong has also suffered a decrease in activity. PricewaterhouseCooper provides an analysis of this sector in the region.

Real estate secondaries catch-up
16/09/2002. The value of secondary private equity transaction volume has boomed in recent years to more than $2bn per annum. Scott Landress and Mark Berman of Liquid Realty argue that there has never been a better time to tap the secondary real estate market.

Is it the right time for REITs?
14/08/2002. With the exception of Australia, Asia's property market has been struggling in recent months as shares of property companies are selling at considerable discounts. VG Kulkarni of the AVCJ asks whether private equity firms should muscle in and secure some of the distressed real estate? The answer appears to be yes, but not yet.