Real Estate
The property market offers attractive long-term opportunities especially in Asia. In the wake of the housing slowdown, private equity managers are looking for yield and appreciation opportunities in global (including the U.S.) commercial real estate. In periods of economic contraction or during a recession, commercial real estate offers an investor access to income producing opportunities and real diversification vs. traditional "stock & bond" only portfolios.

Marc Faber stated, "As an asset class, real estate in Asia presents tremendous opportunities as urbanization gets under way." — Bloomberg

Given the demographics in Asia and the rapid urbanization of developing countries such as India and South East Asia (Vietnam and Cambodia), Australia, property prices look set to rise. Hence investors will benefit from the long-term opportunities offered by this sector

ICC is able to pool funds of investors to secure deals which would not be available to retail investors due to the size of the transactions.

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Venture Capital
Venture Capital funds are highly specialized investment companies, within the broader subcategory of private equity. They buy equity stakes (that is, partial ownership) in startup companies that need seed money. Of particular interest to venture capital funds are entrepreneurs with new and innovative technologies, business processes or business strategies.

ICC focuses in Asia, at entrepreneurs looking for venture capital to take equity and fund potentially innovative and profitable new projects. Venture capital also recently seen not only on start up companies, but as exit plans for proven and on-going family businesses without succession plans. The large pool of opportunities in Asia brings great potential for growth with this type of private equity category.

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Renewable Energy
The Asia Pacific region, among the world's most populous and diverse, includes many of the world's communities that are most at risk from catastrophic events brought about by climate change and other fossil-fuel consumption related impacts. The region needs a coherent and effective framework for sustainable development - which inevitably has to mandate the rapid deployment of renewable energy and energy efficiency policies and practices.

Renewable energy has also the ability to deliver a number of social objectives - particularly for developing economies where it can play an important role in alleviating poverty and improving livelihoods for the two billion people in the world that do not presently have access to electricity - many of whom live in the countries of the Asia Pacific region.

With the inevitable rise of global fuel prices, more energy companies are securing future stocks of biofuels from palm oil and other oil producing plants, which are considered carbon neutral, to replace the diminishing worldwide stocks of fossil fuels. Apart from biofuels, there is an increasing adoption of alternative energy sources such as solar and water energy. The rapid growth in this industry is spurred by the fact that government incentives are plentiful, which has great potential for economic and financial benefits.

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Specific Finance
One of the key ways of securing medium to long term returns, lending is traditionally based on proven methods and due diligence, with the approval process for term loans being extremely thorough. Applicants must demonstrate good character, good credit history, competence in and commitment to their business, and sufficient collateral and working capital.

With the rapid development and growth in Asia, primarily in South Asian countries, and Australia, financial services are highly sought to seed start ups and for expansion of growing businesses. ICC can provide individual, corporate and asset backed loans.

Business loans are more attractive due to the positive aspect of a loan which is that lenders are entitled only to repayment, not an ownership in their corporation or a percentage of the corporation's profits.

ICC's team has considerable expertise across a wide range of business activities and specialises in tailoring finance solutions to meet our clients' individual requirements.

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