HNA Group

China's HNA boosts Dufry stake, pursues CWT purchase plan

(Aug 21): Chinese conglomerate HNA Group has completed the acquisition of a 16.2% stake in Swiss airport retailer Dufry AG from Singaporean sovereign funds GIC and Temasek, Dufry and HNA said on Monday.

China Focus

China crackdown hasn’t ended its foreign buying spree

HONG KONG (Aug 16): China’s government has sent shudders through investors and executives this year by cracking down on the nation’s biggest corporates and their record foreign shopping spree.

HNA's Singapore REIT partner is said to explore reducing ties

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 7): HNA Group's partner in an overseas property trust is exploring ways to potentially scale back its ties to the embattled Chinese conglomerate, people with knowledge of the matter said.
Guo Wengui

Chinese conglomerate HNA sues exiled tycoon Guo

(June 16): China's HNA Group has filed a defamation lawsuit against Guo Wengui, days after it first broke its long silence over what it says were "baseless and meritless" allegations by the exiled billionaire, court documents show.

IPO

Could this commercial REIT be the biggest IPO this year?

SINGAPORE (May 29): AEP Investment Management and HNA Group are planning to list what is likely to be the biggest initial public offering this year – a commercial real estate investment trust with assets from Australia, the UK and Singapore valued at $1

Broker's Calls

CWT takeover could speed up asset injection into Cache Logistics Trust

SINGAPORE (April 11): CIMB is sticking to its “reduce” call on Cache Logistics Trust with 71 cents target price as it stays cautious on the logistics sector due to strong completions in 2017.
Credit: IE Singapore

Broker's Calls

One and a half years have passed since this company launched a strategic review

SINGAPORE (April 5): OCBC is maintaining its “hold” on CWT with an unchanged target price of $1.95 saying it makes sense for existing shareholders to continue holding to the shares for any potential upside from the strategic review.

Property

Singapore's AEP and China's HNA in advanced stages of planning REIT for SGX listing, says The Australian

SINGAPORE (Feb 20): AEP Investment Management could be a step closer to the launch of A$1 billion ($1.1 billion) REIT of Australian office tower properties in a tie-up with China’s HNA Group.
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HNA bid for Singapore’s CWT said to be delayed on deal structure

SINGAPORE (Oct 27): HNA Group Co.’s potential bid for Singapore logistics provider CWT Ltd. has been delayed as the acquisitive Chinese conglomerate weighs changes to the deal structure, people with knowledge of the matter said.

CWT controlling shareholder still in talks over ‘potential transaction’

SINGAPORE (Oct 13): C&P Holdings, the controlling shareholder of CWT, is still in talks on the potential transaction that was first announced in May.
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