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Should CapitaLand Investment’s New China and Asia Funds Shape Its Platform Strategy for (SGX:9CI) Investors?

Simply Wall St · 2d ago
  • CapitaLand Investment Limited recently closed its second onshore China sub-fund, China Retail RMB Fund I, and the US$650 million CapitaLand Ascott Residence Asia Fund II, reinforcing its focus on recurring fee income from retail and lodging assets.
  • By coupling these fund closures with ongoing expansion in India and growing exposure to data centres, CapitaLand Investment is deepening its platform-based real assets management approach across both traditional and digital infrastructure.
  • We’ll now examine how the successful China Retail RMB Fund I closure may reshape CapitaLand Investment’s fee-based growth investment narrative.

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CapitaLand Investment Investment Narrative Recap

To own CapitaLand Investment, you need to believe in its ability to grow a resilient, fee-based real assets platform across Asia while managing concentration risks in China and India. The successful closure of China Retail RMB Fund I and the CapitaLand Ascott Residence Asia Fund II supports the near term catalyst of stronger fee-related earnings, but does not fully remove the key risks around slower China asset recycling and competitive pressure on private fund fees.

Among recent developments, the ongoing share buyback programme, with over 103,208,900 shares repurchased for about S$275.98 million, sits alongside these new fund closures as a signal of management’s focus on capital efficiency. While the funds add scale and recurring fee potential, investors are still watching how quickly CapitaLand Investment can execute planned divestments in China and redeploy capital into newer sectors like data centres and private credit.

Yet behind these positive fund flows, investors should be aware that prolonged fundraising cycles and fee pressure could still...

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CapitaLand Investment's narrative projects SGD2.4 billion revenue and SGD826.3 million earnings by 2028.

Uncover how CapitaLand Investment's forecasts yield a SGD3.44 fair value, a 31% upside to its current price.

Exploring Other Perspectives

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Eleven fair value estimates from the Simply Wall St Community span about S$0.62 to S$3.44 per share, underscoring how far apart individual views can be. Against this wide range, the recent fund closures highlight how much the company’s performance may hinge on scaling its fee-based platform in the face of intense competition for private capital, so it is worth weighing several perspectives before forming your own view.

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