cel’s eba investments named among “top 10 china’s most powerful real estate funds in 2016” at bric value award ceremony

business related 17 nov 2016
eba investments, china everbright limited’s (“cel”; stock code: 165.hk) sole and exclusive real estate asset management platform, added to its growing collection of industry awards and recognitions at the 2016 bric forum and fifth bric value award ceremony. eba investments was named one of the “top 10 china’s most powerful real estate funds in 2016” for its professional real estate investment management capability, while the “ebp-eba imix park asset-backed special programme” jointly issued by eba investments and everbright prestige capital asset management won the “best case study award in china’s real estate finance 2016”.



the event and ceremony were held on 10 november in lujiazui, shanghai. it was organised by bricks media, a member organisation of cbn, and gold master magazine. yang peng, vice president of eba investments, attended the forum and award ceremony on behalf of the company and delivered the keynote speech themed as “solutions for the real estate finance industrial chain”.



eba investments is the sole and exclusive real estate asset management platform of cel and has more than a decade of private equity investment experience in the china real estate market. as at september 2016, it had aum of rmb70 billion. the team has managed the exits of more than 60 projects totalling over rmb40 billion, with investment return outperforming the market. eba investments earned the no. 1 ranking in the 2015 and 2016 “top 10 china real estate funds” – jointly issued by the enterprise research institute of the development research centre of the state council, tsinghua university’s institute of real estate studies and the china index academy – based on the company’s outstanding real estate development, operational capabilities, and strong customer base and project resources.
 
among eba investments’ notable projects is the imix park asset-backed special programme, an asset securitisation product that was formally listed on the shenzhen stock exchange on 29 september 2016. the innovative "pere reits" business model for chinese commercial real estate won “the best reit award” at this year’s c-reits alliance. guanyinqiao imix park mall in chongqing is the underlying asset, with cash flows generated by future rentals and other operating income serving as the source of repayment. everbright prestige is acting as product manager, with eba investment management co., ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of eba investments, acting as fund manager and cel as co-participant.
 
guanyinqiao imix park mall, the flagship retail mall for eba investments’ imix retail mall brand, was ranked among china’s “top 10 commercial real estate projects in brand value” in 2016 and won the “golden coordinate award for china’s commercial real estate in 2015-2016”.