Ernst & Young Says Shopping Center Boom is Over!
This last May, Ernst&Young Turkey's managing director Osman Dinçbaş came out and said that Istanbul had reached the famous number of 100 shopping centers: a number that was predicted to meet Istanbul's demand. He even went on the say, "Taking those under construction into account, the number of malls will rise above 100. Can the city handle such a number? I believe a crisis in our country will stem from this."
Interesting perspective in this article, but having lived in this city, I'm sorry, but I kind of have to disagree. Very cautious. While there still might occur a crisis in Turkey, this will be a result of other issues. Decline of retail receipts will only occur after the fact. Maybe he should visit Carrefour on a Saturday afternoon? Compared to Europe, Turkey is still well below the number of square meters/population. I wrote about some of this last year: The Shopping Center Boom in Turkey
 Iş Private Equity Sees Continued Inflow and Strong Growth
Also printed in May of this year in the TDN: İş Private Equity forecasts growth
Private equity funds investing in Turkish firms will continue to grow and yield strong returns in 2008, Murat Özgen, chief executive officer of İş Private Equity "The current year will be another bullish year for private equity in Turkey and will follow the footsteps of 2006 and 2007," Özgen said. "We will see couple of mega funds entering the market and doing buy-outs.
Although he is somewhat bullish about the year, he still admits that granting bank loans and finding leverage might be difficult. I guess the question remains that eventhough private equity is cyclical and may have problems in the short-run, if there is a crisis on the horizon from global causes, how short will it be and when will it come? Can Turkey weather the storm?
Deloitte Touche Turkey Releases Private Equity Confidence Survey for 1st Half 2008
This just out in the TDN: Investor confidence declines, says Deloitte
According to the survey, "Some 75 percent of investors who participated in the survey expect the overall economic climate to continue its decline, and none foresee an improvement. Only 25 percent of private equity investors that participated in the survey believe the overall climate will remain unchanged, the report showed. That figure stood at 55 percent in Deloitte Turkey's previous survey six months ago."
Interestingly enough, according to the report, the overall view is that deal volumes will remain about the same, but that transaction multiples will be lower.
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Deloitte Turkey Report page, or
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Private Equity Confidence Survey (PECS): Survey for the 1st half of 2008
Deloitte puts out some pretty amazing reads, and this is no different. So, coupled with Turkey's political turmoils, and the global slowdown, Turkey will be hard pressed to get ahead this year.
Labels: Deloitte Touche, Ernst Young, Investment Reports, Is Private Equity, Shopping Centers
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