Knight Frank Approved for SECC Valuations

Knight Frank Becomes the Latest Real Estate Company to be Approved as a Panel Valuer for the Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia: As part of the listing process, a company is required to have its real estate assets valued to determine its Net Asset Value (NAV). Established in 1896 and opening their Cambodian office in 2008, Knight Frank, which is the world’s largest privately owned real estate consultancy, has become the latest real estate company to be approved as a panel valuer for the Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia. With over 440 offices in 58 countries, all valuations undertaken by Knight Frank are carried out by professionally qualified valuers, and all valuation reports comply with the highest of standards set out by the International Valuation Standards Council (IVSC), giving investors total confidence in the value of a company’s real estate assets. Check out Knight Frank's listings on Realestate.com.kh here. The recent announcement that Hong Kong-based developer, Eastland Development (HK) Ltd, has expressed interest in listing on Cambodia’s stock exchange follows a number of similar announcements by companies that are also looking to list on the exchange, including the Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone (PPSEZ), TY Fashion and Sihanoukville Autonomous Port. Check out Eastland's property for sale here. If the companies indicated above list on the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) as intended, real estate companies will represent one half of the listed companies (based on number of companies and not market capitalisation) on the CSX. Although activity on the CSX was initially slow, with the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority listing in 2012 and Taiwanese-owned Grand Twins International (Cambodia) Plc listing mid-2014, the recent activity indicates growing confidence in the Cambodian economy and finance industry as a whole, which is a positive sign for Cambodia’s real estate and construction industry. The announcement by Eastland Development (HK) Ltd signifies their commitment to Cambodia over the long term and also their confidence in the Cambodian real estate sector. Furthermore, it also enables investors who may not be able to afford to buy a property a chance to participate in the growing real estate sector by indirectly investing through the purchase of shares within real estate companies.