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Australian Retirement Trust starts search for next CEO; MAS names next MD; Cbus appoints deputy CIO; LGIM opens Singapore office; Northern Trust names HK head of asset servicing; HSBC Life Singapore gets new CEO; and more.

Asian investors might be pulling back from logistics, but one country's resilient sector may provide an exception.

Investors and advisors say that the current stand-off between buyers and sellers is unlikely to end soon.

Rising levels of distressed sales in China’s property sector paint a distorted picture of the sector’s woes, according to investors and advisers.

Higher interest rates and a banking crisis have done little to dent the real estate debt sector. Advisers say watch this space.

OMERS names new APAC chief; Cbus gets interim chief executive; AllianceBernstein global co-head of equity trading takes on new role; JLL names Taiwan MD; Whampoa Group adds digital investment co-heads; and more.

The Dutch pension fund is working with investment managers to make the social impact of property investing more quantifiable on a per fund basis even as poor measurement remains a challenge for the sector.

The head of ESG at Allianz Real Estate said that making brown buildings green adds only 5% to 10% to renovation costs. Yet some investors are reluctant to make the changes.

Most Asian investors still have a poor grasp of the ESG credentials of the supply chain connected to a property or infrastructure investment.

Terry Yung joins BOC Life as chief investment officer; Pinebridge appoints co-heads for Asia ex-Japan fixed income; Korea's KY AM names alternatives head; Nomura AM Taiwan gets new CEO; and more.

Real estate investment volumes soared in the region in the first half of this year, as institutions continue to diversify portfolios. But there are short-term concerns to contend with.

High prices, strict capital controls, renminbi weakening and over-supply concerns are all cited as factors hurting offshore flows into mainland commercial real estate.