What? Li Ka-shing is going to attack Britain again!

As share prices have been flat in recent years, the rise in the pound has spurred investors to focus on their sights as the world moves out of the gloom of the epidemic. On the "big cake" of Britain, especially London. Li Ka-shing's Changjiang Infrastructure also announced that the group already has several potential acquisition targets in the UK.

● How much assets does Li Ka-shing have in the UK?

As early as April 2019, Buffett said in an interview: "No matter what Brexit looks like, I will continue to invest in the UK.

Capital." this is enough to see that the "stock god" is very optimistic about the future after Britain leaves Europe. And our "Superman" Li Ka-shing is no exception, his investment in Britain there is a single clock.

Li Ka-shing is called a legend because he has never failed in business. In recent years, Li Ka-shing has accelerated the sale of mainland real estate projects.

Speed. According to statistics, Li Ka-shing has sold more than 140 billion of real estate projects in the mainland and used these funds to continuously increase overseas markets, especially the British region.

He has invested nearly 400 billion Hong Kong dollars in the UK, which has bought many assets. His strategy of "leaving Asia and entering Europe" is mainly focused on Europe. The field of public utilities in continental countries. Li Ka-shing has a total of 1.2 trillion assets, with another asset 72.5 billion in Hong Kong and only 70 billion in the mainland. This also means that Li Ka-shing is included land and Hong Kong's assets are only 11.87%, and most of the rest are invested in the UK.

According to the chart, Li Ka-shing controls nearly 30% of the UK's natural gas market, 1/4's electricity distribution market, and nearly 7% of the water supply market. Field, super-40% telecommunications market, nearly 1/3 of British docks, more than 500,000 square meters of land resources, and even some netizens once joked that it almost "bought half of the UK".

● Crazy purchases of UK assets•

since 2018, Li Ka-shing has begun to purchase British assets more frequently and in large amounts, such:

june 14, 2018, Li Ka-shing's Hong Kong Cheung Kong Holdings Group spent 1 billion pounds (about 8.6 billion yuan) to acquire London Financial the landmark office building in the city is 5Broadgate, which is the London headquarters of UBS.

In the second half of the 2019, Li Ka-shing spent another 4.6 billion pounds (about 39.3 billion yuan) wholly acquired the UK's largest bar operator.

July 2020, Li Ka-shing's Hutchison Whampoa Real Estate's super real estate project in the UK, Convoys Wharf, was approved by the British government.

However, the expected investment is about 1 billion pounds and is committed to building a "Hong Kong City" in the UK ".

November 2020, Li Ka-shing supported the acquisition of the UK's largest long-term rental apartment project, the London Wembley Park site, which has a high total value. Up to 3 billion pounds, 8000 new long-term rental apartments will be built.

It is reported that Wembley Park is one of the largest long-term rental apartment projects in London, invested by Quintain, which was 2015 by Lone.

The Star company bought it for £ 0.7 billion. The above-mentioned project was officially launched in 2017 and has received 65 million pounds from the British government. According to the developer's schedule, all apartments are expected to be completed between 2025 and 2026, and at least 15,000 people will live in the project in the future.

Wembley is a famous entertainment center in London and even in the UK. Wembley Stadium, which hosts various world-class football matches, is held by famous stars. The Wembley Stadium for the concert is in the Wembley area. The above-mentioned apartment project is located in the 4th district of northwest London and is only 10 minutes' walk from Wembley Stadium and Wembley Park subway station to London. Downtown takes about 30 minutes.

According to the data two years ago, the average rent for Wembley projects is 892 pounds/week, with a maximum of about 3200 pounds/week. There are 12 months in a year. One on a four-week basis, the annual rent for the Wembley Park project is about 0.343 billion pounds, and the rental return is relatively considerable.

In fact, in London, where the housing gap is large, the rise of long-term rental apartments has obtained an excellent window for development. And London Wembley Park is the UK the largest long-term rental apartment project, if successfully acquired, will undoubtedly bring great wealth to the acquirer. It is no wonder that Li Ka-shing bought this property at all 3 billion.

● Besides Li Ka-shing, who else is competing to invest in the UK?•

this has to mention another rich man in Hong Kong-Liu Luanhong, the younger brother of Liu Luanxiong.

Liu Luanhong also has 4 listed companies in Hong Kong. Hong Kong's famous Sogo Department Store is Liu Luanhong's asset, and its subsidiaries are in Hong Kong and the Mainland there are numerous department stores. Although Liu Luanhong rarely makes the wealth list, his assets are at least tens of billions.

2018 Ma Yun and Xu Jiayin went to Hong Kong to celebrate the New Year. At that time, they specially visited Liu Luanxiong and Liu Luanhong, the legendary brothers of Hong Kong.

Liu Luanhong and Liu Luanxiong rose in Hong Kong in 1980s. At that time, they were called Hong Kong stock market snipers and became Hong Kong's capital capital. Crocodile. In the second half of the 2020, Liu Luanhong spent £ 2.4 billion on BP at 1 St James's Square in London. Headquarters building.

There is also Lin Jianyue, who has invested more than 10 billion yuan in the UK and is second only to Li Ka-shing among China's rich.

Speaking of Lin Jianyue, I have to mention a movie "Infernal Affairs". This movie made many people remember Tony Leung, remember Andy Lau, I also remember the director Liu Weiqiang, but many people forget the investor Lin Jianyue of this movie.

The appearance of "Infernal Affairs" not only saved the Hong Kong film market, but also saved Lin Jianyue himself. At that time, Lin Jianyue was rich in venture investment. Hua Hotel, as a result, his father's company Lixin Group lost more than 10 billion, and Lin Jianyue was also driven out of the family company by his father Lin Baixin. Lin Jianyue is full of ambition and has always wanted to prove himself, so he established Media Asia Film, hoping to find a way to salvation. Lin Jianyue later, I met Liu Weiqiang, the same depressed film director. Two frustrated people came together and finally created a "Infernal Affairs" the miracle also established the status of Media Asia in the Hong Kong film industry.

Subsequently, Media Asia Films successively released many good movies, including another masterpiece "The Name Certificate". Lin Jianyue also took the opportunity to promote Media Asia. Shadow went public in Singapore and made a lot of money.

Since 2012, Lin Jianyue has seized the opportunity to buy a lot of properties in Britain. 2014 Lin Jianyue bought Lun in one breath three buildings in the City of Dunjin, and plans to build the fourth tallest building in the UK after the lease of the 2023 building is up, with a total investment billions of pounds. This building is named Diamond Building and is planned to be put into use in 2027. December 2019, Lin Jianyue spent more than a billion pounds on the Fairmont Hotel in St. Andrews, England.

Finally, let's talk about Li Jinji's boss, Li Wenda.

As the world's largest producer of oyster sauce, Li Jinji's annual revenue is estimated to reach 70 billion. 2019 Li Wenda is worth $17 billion, became the third richest person in Hong Kong.

The most expensive building in the UK, the walkie-talkie building, was bought by Li Wenda for more than 10 billion Hong Kong dollars. This building alone can be for Li Wen in one year. Da brought in hundreds of millions of pounds of rent.

It seems that Britain is indeed a "big cake" for the rich, and the excellent rate of return is the reason why Britain can become a hot spot for investment. And with the end of the epidemic and the recovery of the economy, even the pound is rising, but the editor believes nothing can withstand the rich again. Britain's determination!

Author: EIF

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