RE PE in Asia (Roles and Fund) differences

Hi guys, long time lurker here. I am a penultimate year student interested in the real estate space based in Asia. I have done several internships in both CREs and REPE firms. I aspire to work in a MF based in Asia someday and was hoping to find out more.

  • For juniors working in MF REPE in Asia, what are your hours like compared to IB? I understand smaller shops usually have 45-55 hour weeks and it will be considerably higher during live deals

  • What is the work structure for MF REPE firms in Asia. Is it a cradle to grave where an analyst/associate works on one live deal from acquisitions to asset management to divestment ? Or is it split whereby acquisitions focus on investments and divestment and there’s a separate AM team

  • What are the differences working in a MF like BX this over funds with > USD 5 Bn Aum?

Thanks a lot :)

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Interned at a REPE in Shanghai, the culture is very absurd. The CIO is a member of CPPCC and gets underpriced shits all the time. They barely need a quant or a property valuation specialist (they do have some harvard tsinghua phds sitting there but theyre never useful imo coz the deals are just too decent). I am not sure if the whole RE industry in China is shady but you really need to check the recent deals of the shop you are going.

As for Japan, I just hate their workplace culture. And Japanese are famous for low acceptiveness towards foreigners. Japan just isn't a good place for Americans.

The environment of Hong Kong should be the best for ex-pats but I think Hong Kong is dying. Best choice in Asia should probably be Singapore. Nice weather, international environment and low tax

 

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