TV Coverage

5 February 2010
What bubble?
SMU Visiting Professor Kim Kyung-Hwan and Assistant Professor John Donaldson discuss the property market in Asia, examining China in particular.
Channel NewsAsia

23 November 2009
Greater investor education needed to drive Asian REIT market forward
Real estate investment trusts (REITs) may have taken a battering in the wake of the global financial crisis, but according to experts, they have rebounded sharply and recovered more quickly than other equities. Prof Susan Wachter [of the Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics] says REITs are particularly useful as an investment vehicle for yields, and in that respect, perfect for pension funds and retirement funds more generally. Thus as the needs for this grows in Asia, this will be an important vehicle. .
Channel NewsAsia

17 October 2009
Are new HDB flats really subsidised?
Professor Kim Kyung-Hwan, a visiting professor at the School of Economics, SMU, commented that in order to make flats affordable, all HDB has to do is to increase the subsidy but whether deeper subsidies are socially justifiable is a separate issue.
The Straits Times

17 July 2008
Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae
Professor Susan Wachter from Wharton, who is in Singapore for the Far Eastern and South Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society (FEMES 2008) hosted by the School of Economics and the Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics at SMU, commented on the possibility of nationalising Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.
Bloomberg