Jeffrey Perlman, managing director and head of Southeast Asia at Warburg Pincus LLC, attends the Bloomberg Sooner Than You Think technology event in Singapore, on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019. Sooner Than You Think is Bloomberg's flagship technology series, with annual editions in North America, Asia and Europe.
Can a five-year-old Hong Kong-based property manager grow to take on the likes of Blackstone Inc. and Brookfield Asset Management? That’s the question capturing the attention of some analysts for ESR Cayman Ltd.
The landlord of e-commerce logistics hubs has been on a dealmaking spree for two years, most recently the acquisition of a much larger competitor ARA Asset Management for US$5.2 billion ($7.06 billion). And more is likely to come.
