The fund management unit of property services firm Jones Lang LaSalle said in a statement on Friday that the fund would use borrowing to boost its spending power to as much as $12 billion. The company told Reuters in June that it expects assets under management in Asia to double in the next three years from about $11 billion now. “Asia remains a key strategic priority for our business and we have a very active plan to grow our operations in the region,” LaSalle’s managing director Philip Ling said in the statement. “We see a lot of opportunity in Japan, which contains 50% of the total value of real estate in Asia, although we also see opportunities in Korea, China and elsewhere in Asia Pacific.” (Reuters)
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