CEO Insight
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2024-10-15
CEO Insight: The inspiring desire of atomic bomb survivors to educate
The hibakusha of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have been speaking out against nuclear weapons for almost 70 years. Their organization Nihon Hidankyo has now been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts.
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2024-09-17
CEO Insight: Frequent office absences in Germany are slowing down business
With the opening of an office in Munich, Kensho is also reacting to the negative consequences of the high share of work from home in Germany.
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2024-08-19
CEO Insight: Japan’s Changing Monetary Policy: Real Estate Remains a Highly Attractive Investment
The interest rate gap between Japan and the eurozone is shrinking. However, Japanese real estate remains a lucrative investment and European real estate is becoming more attractive for the Japanese.
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2024-08-09
CEO Insight: Ryuichi Shinohara, President and CEO of KENSHO Capital Management Corporation
In Europe, renewable energy investments are attracting a lot of attention in response to the energy crisis, and the question of how to utilize renewable energy will be a major challenge for all industries.
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2024-07-16
CEO Insight: A significant yen correction is only a matter of time
Anyone wishing to realize a currency premium when investing in Japanese real estate should no longer think too long when selecting a property. Apart from that, Japanese real estate remains highly attractive as an investment.
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2024-06-17
CEO Insight: Japan has learnt its lessons from the Great Financial Crisis
While the US is seeing a resurgence of risky real estate securitization to the detriment of investors, Japan has strengthened its financial supervision and will not abandon foreign real estate investors.
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2024-05-31
CEO Insight: More safety for real estate investors in Continental Europe
The capital-driven US property market often promises high returns but a recent big loss of a top-rated CMBS bond emphasizes the downside of such investments. European investments and security backers tend to be fairer, safer, and more reliable.
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2024-05-16
CEO Insight: Japan’s institutional property market reaches full maturity
In pursuit of greater capital efficiency, more and more Japanese companies are selling land and buildings. This is likely to triple the market volume.
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2024-04-15
CEO Insight: Diversification is the order of the day
Decoupling and deglobalization mean that property markets are no longer moving in international harmony. Investors need to broaden their investment strategy and in doing so there is no way around Japan.
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2024-03-15
CEO Insight: Expert advice rather than gut feeling, listening rather than knowing better
Japanese real estate has long been a must-have, not a nice-to-have, and should be part of any global investment strategy.