Knight Frank to hold real estate seminar on Jan 18

KUALA LUMPUR: Moving into 2014, residential and commercial property consultant, Knight Frank Malaysia, will welcome the new year with a seminar on real estate titled, Where to Invest: 2014?.

The event will feature both local and international property and tax experts as well as discuss the local and international property trends of 2014, how the Malaysian property market is affected post budget 2014, and what everyone needs to know about property and taxes in Malaysia.

The experts who will be sharing their knowledge on these matters include Sarkunan Subramanian, managing director of Knight Frank Malaysia; Clifford Yap, executive director of PwC Taxation Services; Nicholas Holt, head of research at Knight Frank Asia Pacific; Frank Khan, head of residential research at Knight Frank Thailand; and Andrew Swinson, head of project marketing at Knight Frank Australia.

Sarkunan will present his topic, Kuala Lumpur property market outlook for 2014: budget, cooling measures, inflation, GST, followed by Yap (How does the Malaysian budget impact the Malaysian property sector?), Holt (Residential market outlook: London), Khan (how to invest in Thailand & the Bangkok property market), and Swinson (property market overview: Australia).

The event will take place at Connexion in Nexus, Bangsar South on Jan 18, 2014 (Saturday) from 8.30am till 12.30pm. Seats are limited and registration closes on Jan 10. Visit  knightfrank.com.my to register. The Edge Malaysia is the exclusive media partner for this seminar.

Knight Frank is a residential and commercial property consultancy founded in London in 1896. Its global network encompasses 244 offices and handles USD 817 billion (RM2.7 trillion) worth of commercial, agricultural, and residential real estate annually. — by Haziq Hamid


This article first appeared in The Edge Financial Daily, on January 10, 2014.