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DTZ sold to consortium

Posted on 7 Nov 2014 | Comments Off on DTZ sold to consortium

DTZ has closed its sale to the private investment consortium of TPG Capital (TPG), PAG Asia Capital (PAG) and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (the TPG & PAG Consortium), and it is now an independent, privately-owned global property services company.

DTZ will continue to operate under the DTZ brand with its executive leadership team.

Former CEO of CBRE Group Brett White will serve as full-time Executive Chairman of the new company in March 2015, while Tod Lickerman will continue in his current role as Global CEO of DTZ.

Lickerman said, “DTZ’s new capital structure and strong financial backers better positions DTZ to make continued investments to expand its capabilities and offer clients a complete suite of services in every major market around the world.”

Separately, an affiliate of DTZ Investment Holdings (backed by the TPG & PAG Consortium) announced in September it had entered into an agreement to acquire Cassidy Turley, with plans to combine it with the DTZ business during 2015. The acquisition of Cassidy Turley is expected to be completed by December 31, 2014.

The acquisition expands DTZ’s brand and commercial real estate presence in the U.S. The new company will represent $2.9 billion of annual revenue and Joseph Stettinius Jr., Cassidy Turley CEO, will become Chief Executive of the Americas. The combined new company will re-brand under the DTZ name with new visual brand identity next year.

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Singapore’s poorest households are overspending

Posted on 7 Nov 2014 | Comments Off on Singapore’s poorest households are overspending

Low-income households in Singapore are spending more than what they earn, according to results of the Household Expenditure Survey 2012/13.

Responding to a parliamentary query from Mr Gerald Giam, Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang shared that the average expenditure of the poorest 10 percent of households was $1,844 a month, $801 more than their average monthly income of $1,043.

“About 55 percent of their income was derived from work, while the remaining 45 percent was from non-work income sources such as investment income and regular transfers from the Government.

“The stronger reliance on non-work income by these households could be attributed to the fact that around one-third of the households in this group were retiree households,” the Minister added.

The survey results also showed that more than eight out of ten low-income households here owned homes.

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