'Tempting returns' for Asian investors in European real-estate debt

'Tempting returns' for Asian investors in European real-estate debt
Asset manager thinks Asian investors will be drawn by yields of up to 12 per cent from non-bank lenders in European real estate

Friday, 07 September, 2012, 11:36am

Paggie Leung
paggie.leung@scmp.com

Asset manager BlackRock believes Chinese and other Asian investors may be lured by high returns to invest in a growing market for real-estate debt in Europe.

http://www.scmp.com/property/international/article/1029464/tempting-returns-asian-investors-european-real-estate-debt

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