Untimely Overseas Investments in Rising Interest Rates, Reducing MEC's FVE to JPY 2,100

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Equity Bottom-Up

We are Initiating Coverage of Mitsubishi Estate Corporation.Since the group’s first land acquisition in 1894, its increased business scale and its invaluable core-member status in the Mitsubishi group (the largest zaibatsu group in Japan, backed by the largest banking group in Japan) have allowed Mitsubishi Estate to embark on large projects ahead of its peers...Analysts: Philip Zhong &amp; Michael Wu, CAIA

We are Initiating Coverage of Mitsubishi Estate Corporation.Since the group’s first land acquisition in 1894, its increased business scale and its invaluable core-member status in the Mitsubishi group (the largest zaibatsu group in Japan, backed by the largest banking group in Japan) have allowed Mitsubishi Estate to embark on large projects ahead of its peers...Analysts: Philip Zhong &amp; Michael Wu, CAIA

The Critical Mass of Marunouchi Properties Offers Near-Term Positives but Long-Term Concerns.