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CDL’s Kwek clan looks to invest US$3.9b in Singapore, China, Japan to raise confidence

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CDL’s Kwek clan looks to invest US$3.9b in Singapore, China, Japan to raise confidence. (2026, September 28). South China Morning Post. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3368989/cdls-kwek-clan-looks-invest-us39b-singapore-china-japan-raise-confidence?utm_source=rss_feed

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CDL’s Kwek family is planning to invest US$3.9 billion in Singapore, China, and Japan over the next few years as part of efforts to boost confidence following a legal dispute between patriarch Kwek Leng Beng and his son Sherman, who is CEO. The company also intends to divest S$6 billion worth of assets through sales or managed vehicles and aims to double its assets under management to S$10 billion by 2029 through new real estate investment trusts and partnerships.
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CDL, led by the Kwek family, plans to invest US$3.9 billion in Singapore, China, and Japan to boost confidence after a legal dispute between patriarch Kwek Leng Beng and his son Sherman Kwek, who is also CEO. The company aims to double its assets under management from S$5 billion to S$10 billion by 2029 through new real estate investment trusts, funds, partnerships, and joint ventures. Additionally, CDL intends to sell S$6 billion worth of assets via divestments or seeding them into managed vehicles within the same period. These moves come as investors closely watch the company's future direction following the family's internal conflict, which was resolved through a settlement earlier in the year.

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Topics

CDL China Japan Singapore

Subjects

Kwek Leng Beng PERSON · 2× CDL ORG · 1× China GPE · 1× Japan GPE · 1× Kwek PERSON · 1× Sherman PERSON · 1× Sherman Kwek PERSON · 1× Singapore GPE · 1×

Narrative

It wants to set up a dedicated fund management entity with an investment committee and leadership team to double assets under management to S$10 billion by 2029, via new real estate investment trusts, funds, partnerships and joint ventures.
framing: mixed · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-28

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CDL’s Kwek clan looks to invest US$3.9b in Singapore, China, Japan to raise confidence The company’s future has been a subject of intense discussion after a legal tussle between patriarch Kwek Leng Beng and eldest son Sherman The firm also aims to sell S$6 billion of assets within the same period either via outright divestments or seeding suitable assets into managed vehicles, according to an exchange filing on Monday. uncertain
firm → look → Monday
It wants to set up a dedicated fund management entity with an investment committee and leadership team to double assets under management to S$10 billion by 2029, via new real estate investment trusts, funds, partnerships and joint ventures. asserted
It → want → trusts
The duo later agreed to settle their differences. asserted
duo → agree → differences
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