Wednesday, July 27, 2011

The Rights of Foreign Victims of U.S. Real Estate or Mortgage-Backed Securities Scams

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A few previous blogs touched on the subject of real estate fraud that crosses national boundaries, and how difficult it can be for American ...
Wednesday, July 20, 2011

GIC's Failed New York Real Estate Investment: An In-Depth Analysis

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Stuyvesant Town.  While recently in Singapore, I encountered lively debate about Singapore’s two sovereign wealth funds, the Government o...
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Friday, July 8, 2011

The Beijing Gateway Plaza fraud controversy

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Almost any real estate valuation report in the world has the same “limiting condition” buried within the report which reads more or less...
Monday, July 4, 2011

"Independent Valuation" Problems in Chinese Equity Offerings

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One notable scandal this last month was the public accusation that Sino-Forest, a Chinese forestry resources company traded on the Toronto E...
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

WORLD CASINO GAMING REVENUE COMPARISON

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Singapore 's Marina Bay Sands Casino and Hotel This website is powered by Google Blogger, and one the most interesting features ...
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Saturday, June 25, 2011

Gibson v. Credit Suisse: The Mother of All Syndication Frauds?

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Previous blog posts have discussed deceptive real estate syndications.   The mother of all alleged syndication frauds is the...
Sunday, June 19, 2011

Hui Xian REIT IPO / Beijing Oriental Plaza 汇贤产业信托

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My last blog about Perennial China Retail Trust presented an example of a Chinese real estate IPO designed to enrich the sponsor rather tha...
Friday, June 10, 2011

Perennial China Retail Trust IPO 鹏瑞利中国零售信托

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After visiting vacant new malls in China, I was naturally intrigued to know the rationale behind this Chinese mall IPO on the Singapore Exch...
Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Fraud in International Real Estate Transactons

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Ecological preserve represented as potential residential subdivision Working for Jones Lang Wootton back in the 1980s, I sometimes rec...
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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Private Housing in Singapore: Choice Between Luxury or Squalor?

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Singapore is bursting at the seams from population growth, but much of the growth has been in the population of foreigners (permanent resid...
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