With advances in technology such as process automation and artificial intelligence, increasing consideration has been given to its impact on various functions. From a reporting standpoint, such innovations are timely and increasingly welcome as reporting requirements continue to grow, both in scope and in granularity. However, the question remains, are we in a position to make a 'Great Leap Forward' when it comes to each major area of reporting (i.e. financial, asset and ESG, investor, and regulatory), or are we poised to trip at the starting line? Is it better to take a holistic and overarching transformation or is a 'modular' process better suited for finance functions and service providers in the industry.

In 8th June 2018, ANREV hosted a round table where a number of managers, technology experts and advisors sat together and shared their experiences to identify trends and learn from their peers.

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ANREV Technology & Innovation Working Group would like to thank the participants who have engaged in the discussion as well as Jayesh Peswani from Alter Domus, who kindly helped to facilitate the discussion. ANREV Technology & Innovation Working
Group would also like to express gratitude to ANREV Professional Standards Committee for assistance in organizing the round table.

To learn more about the working group, please click here.

In July's issue, we have included:

Australia

• ASIC consults on modified AFSL regime for foreign financial services providers
• Government consults on corporate collective investment vehicle bill
• Government releases exposure draft to improve integrity of stapled structures

Cayman Islands

• Important changes to the Cayman Islands Anti-Money Laundering regime

China

• Governor Yi Gang announced measures and timetable for further financial sector opening-up in Bo’ao Forum for Asia
• SAFE increases QDLP and QDIE quotas to USD 5 billion for each programme
• State Council announces reduction to VAT rates and other significant VAT changes

Hong Kong

• Open-ended fund company structure to be introduced on 30 July 2018
• SFC concludes consultation on new OFC Rules and OFC Code
• Proposed changes to the tax bill on privately offered Hong Kong open-ended fund companies
• Ordinance to extend profits tax exemption to privately offered open-ended fund companies in Hong Kong gazetted
• Amendment Ordinance implementing minimum standards of Base Erosion and Profit Shifting package and codifying transfer pricing principles gazetted
• Hong Kong SFC provides update on Manager-in-Charge (MIC) regime
• Two-tiered profits tax rates regime to be implemented from April 1 this year

Indonesia

• Real estate investment funds gain regulatory clarity in Indonesia

Japan

• FSA consults on corporate disclosure

Malaysia

• Abolishment of GST & introduction of SST post General Election

Mauritius

• Review of Taxation of Global Business Companies
• Amendment on Financial Services Act

Singapore

• Singapore government raises additional buyer’s stamp duty rates and tightens loan-to-value limits for residential properties
• MAS Issued Consultation Paper on Guidelines on Provision of Financial Advisory Service
• MAS to strengthen individual accountability of senior managers in financial institutions
• Stamp Duties (Agreements for Sale of Equity Interests) (Remission) Rules 2018 come into effect

South Korea

• Regulatory reform on entry barriers to financial services industry

Europe

• Enforcement of EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
• Proposed changes to AIFMD on Pre-marketing

Lastly, we would like to thank our committee who helped putting together the Newsletter. Details about this committee can be found here.

• Funds of funds delivered positive returns of 5.1% in 2017

• Closed end vehicles outperformed their open end peers in 2017.

• Core vehicles returned 4.7% while non-core generated 8%

Five consecutive years of positive growth saw funds of funds achieve a positive return of 5.1% in 2017.

In total, ANREV and INREV Funds of Funds Universes (‘Universe’) contains 60 funds of funds that are managed by 25 managers. Collectively these vehicles represent a total Net Asset Value (NAV) of $14.7 billion.  Ten fund of funds indicated their preference to remain anonymous and therefore the online vehicles universe only shows 50 funds of funds.  Performance data was based on 26 vehicles. 

The performance data presented in this report is not intended to serve as a benchmark and should be used for research and information purposes only.

In 2014, Invesco Real Estate acquired 321 Exhibition Street, a 30,200 square meter office building in Melbourne, Australia.

The property is a 20-level office/retail building constructed in 1990. It was fully refurbished and upgraded with modern specifications in 2011.

Upon acquisition, improvement works have been carried out to upgrade the building’s National Australian Built Environment Rating System (NABERS) Energy rating from 5.5 to 6 Stars, where 6 stars represents market leading performance. The time period to achieve this current rating took about 9 to 12 months and costs around AUD100,000.

The ANREV Australia Core Open End Fund Monthly Index (ACOE) saw a total return of 1.92% in Jun 2018 and a financial year to date return of 11.75% illustrating the strong performance of the Australian market. The ACOE currently includes 19 funds with a total GAV of AUD 102.05 billion.

Please contact Amélie Delaunay at [email protected] or Ricky Cheng at [email protected] if you have any questions regarding the Index.

ANREV is launching an historical data collection project to extend the history of the quarterly index back in time.

ANREV is seeking to collect performance data since inception of all funds part of the quarterly index and also to extend the coverage of the index.

For more information please contact the ANREV team at [email protected]

This is the fifth annual report on the analysis of the ANREV Quarterly Index to assess the risk-adjusted performance and diversification benefits of Asia-Pacific non-listed real estate funds over 2010-2017. Differences are seen in the performance of specific non-listed real estate strategies, relating to style, country, regions, sectors and structure. This clearly highlights the performance and benefits of Asia-Pacific non-listed real estate in the Asia-Pacific real estate investment landscape.

For further information concerning this ANREV report, contact ANREV at [email protected].

Welcome to the June 2018 update of the Global Real Estate Fund Index (GREFI). It is an index showing the performance of non-listed real estate funds on a global basis and is created by ANREV, INREV and NCREIF. This publication includes performance figures up to end of Q1 2018.

The GREFI was updated for the first time on a quarterly basis following the second quarterly release of the ANREV Index for Q1 2014. From Q1 2014 onwards, GREFI has been updated 12 weeks after the quarter end. This index release follows the same structure of previous releases. All numbers are also available in an Excel file.

The Q1 2018 GREFI release includes the performance of 518 funds compared to 520 funds as of Q4 2017. The GREFI includes funds in Asia Pacific (95), Europe (320), US (90) as well as funds with global strategies (13). GREFI funds represent US$736.1 billion of total gross asset value with 44% in US funds, 35% in Europe, 18% in Asia Pacific and the remaining 3% in global strategy funds.

Please send any queries to [email protected] or [email protected]