Listed Real Estate Asia, KT Capital Group

Jacob Cheng

Jacob has 7 years of professional buy-side experience in real estate investment and listed equities.  Jacob worked as a portfolio manager/analyst in Global Listed Real Estate team in AMP Capital and Macquarie Asset Management.  Prior to that, Jacob has spent 5 years in APG asset management, in the listed real estate team.  As one of the largest RE funds in Asia, he co-managed EUR6bn investment portfolio with the team with a focus on Hong Kong and China property.  He led the USD200m cornerstone investment in Wanda Commercial Properties IPO (the largest mall operator and developer in China).  Prior to this, Jacob has 3 years of experience in investment banking in Bank of America Merrill Lynch, covering equity, debt and M&A transactions across real estate, consumer& retail and TMT sectors.  Jacob specializes in fundamental bottom up research.  Aside from work, Jacob has a personal interest in spirituality and personal development.  He practiced meditation and has published a book about meaning of life in 2016.

Listed Real Estate Asia

HK RE Series (2): Market Is Still Bearish but Bottom Is Near, Few Things Needed for Re-Rating

HK RE Series (3): Global Macro Starts to Turn More Supportive, Stock Valuation Is Compelling

NWD 17 HK Update: De-Leveraging in Process, the Biggest Beneficiary of Fed Rate Cut Cycle

NWD 17 HK: FY23 Results Update, to Reset and Transform, and a Beta Play if Rate Expectation Peaks

Sun Hung Kai Properties (16 HK): After Excessive Price Correction, Why I Think It Is a Bargain! BUY

CKA (1113 HK): A Strong Conglo, Focus on Capital Mgmt & Consistently Create Value for Shareholders

KT Capital Group

Principal investments and advisory firm that focuses on connecting the CIS countries with East Asia.

Principal investments and advisory firm

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

Hong kong Real estate management and development / Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>In this original series, we do a deep-dive on 4 HK real estate companies: SHKP, CKA, NWD, LINK REIT, and explain why we think they have an exciting year ahead</li>
<li>We believe the current macro backdrop in US, China and Hong Kong will support our investment thesis in real estate, with each company having additional catalysts to drive re-rating</li>
<li>Depending on investors’ appetite, style and mandate, we discuss multiple trading strategies that can play around these 4 names, including absolute, relative and yield plays</li>
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In this original series, we do a deep-dive on 4 HK real estate companies: SHKP, CKA, NWD, LINK REIT, and explain why we think they have an exciting year ahead
We believe the current macro backdrop in US, China and Hong Kong will support our investment thesis in real estate, with each company having additional catalysts to drive re-rating
Depending on investors’ appetite, style and mandate, we discuss multiple trading strategies that can play around these 4 names, including absolute, relative and yield plays


HK RE Series (1): Picking the Winners for 2024 with Supportive Macro Backdrop & Company Catalysts