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

GDS: The Leading Data Center Provider in China, Riding the AI Mega Trend – BUY

KT Capital Group

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

Principal investments and advisory firm

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>China’s carrier neutral data center service is growing rapidly, we believe VNET is positioned to capture this growing market</li>
<li>We think VNET is the path of transforming itself from a traditional retail IDC operator to a wholesale IDC operator, which should give VNET a higher trading multiple</li>
<li>Valuation is not demanding, and we think VNET is currently undervalued by the market</li>
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China’s carrier neutral data center service is growing rapidly, we believe VNET is positioned to capture this growing market
We think VNET is the path of transforming itself from a traditional retail IDC operator to a wholesale IDC operator, which should give VNET a higher trading multiple
Valuation is not demanding, and we think VNET is currently undervalued by the market


VNET: A Leader in IDC Market, Transforming from a Traditional Operator to Wholesale Operator

21Vianet Group

VNET: A Leader in IDC Market, Transforming from a Traditional Operator to Wholesale Operator