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l  Friday: NKY +0.17%, HSI +1.3%, SHCOMP +0.5%, KOSPI +1.34%

l  Dow +0.69%, SPX +0.34%, Nasdaq +0.42%

l  Friday US continued its strength to close at new all time highs again led by meg cap tech stocks

l  US: Trump Says FDA Approval to Expand Covid Treatment With Plasma

l  US: Emergency Postal Aid Stalls as WH Rejects House-passed Bill

l  US-CN: China has promised to follow the Phase One trade deal says Mike Pompeo

l  US-CN: Trump says US & China could 'decouple' and not do business with China

l  US-CN: Trump administration signals US firms can use Wechat in China

l  CN: Premier Li says China's economy could still grow this year

l  CN: 18 new companies to list on China's revamped Chinext board today

l  CN: China approves Blackrock, Temasek and CCB (939) joint wealth venture

l  CN: Approved human testing for potential coronavirus vaccine cultivated within insect cells

l  CN: PBOC said to plan new real estate financing rules

l  HK: CBIRC vowed support for HK as financial hub amid US tensions

l  HK: To start virus testing Blitz of Whole City on Sept 1

l  HK: Lam says can gradually resume dine-in services but doesn't give time frame on reopening

l  HK: Secondary property prices rebounded a/f falling for 3 consecutive weeks

l  HK: Fri / Sat / Sun local cases 18/24/19

l  S Korea: Warns of ‘Massive’ Virus Outbreak, Strictest Restrictions

l  N Korea: Kim Jong Un in coma, sister set to take control, Sth Korean ex-diplomat alleges (Fox News)

l  JP: Abe Set to Visit Hospital Again on Monday, Yomiuri Says

l  JP: Tokyo 258 new Covid-19 cases Friday; KOIKE: urge Tokyo residents to refrain from summer travel

l  UK: Govt debt exceeds £2trn for 1^st time.

l  IN-CN: India slaps new curbs on visas, schools to stem China influence

Finally – Back to school?: Coronavirus ‘silent spreaders’: children who seem healthy may be more contagious than sick adults, study says. Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital & Mass General Hospital for Children found that among 192 children, 49 tested positive for the coronavirus & had significantly higher lvls of virus in their airways than hospitalized adults in intensive care units, according to the study published recently in the Journal of Paediatrics. “Kids are not immune from this infection, & their symptoms don’t correlate w/ exposure & infection,” said Dr. Alessio Fasano, senior author & director of the Mucosal Immunology & Biology Researcher Center at Massachusetts General Hospital.  Findings cld have implications for plans to reopen schools in the middle of a pandemic. (USA Today) 

PBOC/MOHURD held seminar w/ devrs: to introduce mkt-oriented, transparent financing rules. (Paper) No real details here - just vague language, but seems likely some version of the three triggers (345 rule) that we mentioned last week will be implemented.

Greystar acq’d a site on Qiujiang Rd, Jing’an, Shanghai for undisclosed price, 8,000m² plot, to yld > 500 rental homes as part of a larger mixed-use community. (Mingtiandi)

Sino-Ocean acq’d a resi site in Qingpu, Shanghai for Rmb2.3b, fl px Rmb38,484/m². (Paper)

Poly acq’d a resi site in Pudong, Shanghai for Rmb2.2b, fl px Rmb19,284/m². 6km to Disneyland. (Paper)

Greenland acq’d 7 sites (2.42m m²) in Wuhan for Rmb16.4b, to construct an Int’l Exhibition Centre. (Paper)

Agile 1H rev Rmb33.53b, NI Rmb5.13b, gross margin 34.4%, interim div HK50cts/sh. (Co)

SOHO China 1H rev Rmb1.45b, NI Rmb203.9m, don’t propose interim div. (Co)

Seazen 1H rev Rmb37.74b, NI Rmb3.2b. (Co)

Yanlord Land (51%) / Huafa JV acq a GFA 91,346m² resi site in Pudong, Shanghai for Rmb4.5b. (Co)

HK CPI ↓ 2.3%YoY in July, 1^st deflation in 3yrs. (Standard)

A supermkt among 13 stores opening on Sunday at Lohas Park, per owner MTR. (HK01)

70% stake of 42/F (14,965ft² w/ a car park), The Center reportedly sold for HK$405m (HK$27k/ft²) (BBG)

Empire/HK Ferry sold 164 of 168 units they launched in Seacoast Royale on Sat for total HK$810m. (HKET)

Evergrande sold 11 of 85 units it launched in the Vertex on Sat. (HKET)

Evergrande sold 14 units in Emerald Bay over w/e; sold total 982 units for HK$4.7b YTD. (HKET)

Devprs sold 1,080 private condos in July, ↑8.2%MoM. Incl ECs, ↑10.8%MoM to 1,142 units. (Biz Times)

89 BTO projects resumed works, only 1 site pending approval, per HDB. (Biz Times)

GuocoLand unveils Guoco Midtown II on Beach Rd, SG. Comprising 2, 30-storey resi twrs. (Edge Prop)

GuocoLand sold 62% of 181-unit Wallich Residence. (Biz Times)

Cromwell ARA offer unconditional w/ payment terms accelerated. (Co)

Growthpoint to sell 120 Northcorp Blvd, Broadmeadows, Victoria for A$50.2m. Proceeds to repay debt. (Co)

Westfield closes 129 stores run by Mosaic over rental dispute. (News.au)

City Devts’ NZ unit sells former hotel site at 776 Colombo St in Christchurch to Catholic church. (Biz Times)

Mori Hills REIT acq add’l interest in Toranomon Hills Mori Twr for Y12.22b (US$110m) from sponsor. (Co)

Nippon Bldg Fund will acq Osaki Bright Twr, Nagoya Mitsui Main Bldg, Nagoya Mitsui New Bldg from sponsor Mitsui Fudosan for total Y40b ($370m). will dispose of East Bldg & Maison New River of NBF Shinkawa Bldg to Tosei for Y12b (US$110m). (Nikkei)

Builders get extension to complete pending projects in Noida till Dec ’21. (India Times)

DLF & Hines secures Rs26b loan to devp a commercial project in Gurugram, India. (India Times)

Salarpuria Sattva plans 3 new resi projects in Bengaluru for Rs6b invsmt. (India Times)

Ivanhoe Cambridge/Embassy in talks for Indian office platform, Ivanhoe initially invst $150m. (India Times)

Malaysia’s retail sector xpctd to reach 80% recovery by end-2020. (Inside Retail)

Phil ↑ RE loan limit to 25% of lenders' total loans from 20%, add Php1.2trn liquidity for RE lending. (BT)

3 more real estate companies have expressed interest in forming and listing their own REIT.

BSP announced the increase in the ceiling for property loans, from 20% to 25% of the loan book of banks. Frees up an additional Php240bn for property loans; May be supportive of devprs / home buyers.

BSP ↑ 2020 & 2021 average inflation forecasts to 2.6% / 3%, from 2.3% / 2.6% prev. Oil px a key driver.

Hotel, retail sectors shld prepare for cost-cutting & alternative sources of income: JLL Thai. (Bangkok Post)

Logos enters Vietnam w/ $350m JV. To dev logistics assets in HCMC, Hanoi, Greater Danang. (Mingtiandi)

* My pa holdings: BAC US, 1 HK, 6 HK, ST SP, TEAM US, GOOGL US, AMZN US