Timothy Wheeler | Director - Global Corporate Asia
Lloyds Banking Group | Singapore
Timothy is a Director in Lloyds Bank’s Global Corporates coverage business, based in Singapore. His main area of expertise lies in origination, structuring and execution of complex financing solutions for a variety of clients including private equity sponsors, insurance and life companies and sovereign wealth funds. Timothy leads the coverage of APAC regional Real Estate clients.
Timothy joined Lloyds Bank’s Singapore branch in November 2015 from its head office in London, where he held managerial roles in commercial real estate origination, syndications and coverage
Appearances:
REIW Asia 2017 day 1 @ 11:40
Banks & Real Estate Financing: Where are we now?
Despite the belief that banks weren’t playing in the commercial real estate sector as much anymore, at the end of Q3 2015, banks and thrifts had a record USD $1.79 trillion of commercial real estate debt on their books, so what does the future hold?- Are banks now only interested in senior debt or is there still some who will step further onto the risk curve and consider mezzanine?
- Does the emergence of private real estate debt funds create opportunities for banks to diversify their CRE investment strategy?
- Is the focus on senior debt purely a result of much tighter regulation, or is there simply a general risk aversion at this point? How much is increased regulation raising funding costs and eroding margins?
- Is there a preference for investing in specific asset classes or industries?
- What’s the M&A appetite within the banks?
- Is there any impact from the record Asia Pacific bond issuances in 2015?
- Which Asian markets provide the easiest opportunities for raising debt?
last published: 30/Sep/19 03:05 GMT
Organiser
