Dubai, UAE, 31 August 2015 - Greenstone Equity Partners, one of the largest independent fund placement firms in the Middle East, recently announced its collaboration with Trinity Investments, LLC to raise capital from GCC investors for real estate investment in Japan.

The partnership was created to attract GCC investors to invest in the Trinity Asian Fund III (TAF III) which aims to raise up to ¥50 billion to capitalize on investment opportunities within the Japan real estate market. The Trinity Asian Funds were born out of a successful partnership forged between Trinity and an affiliate of Wafra Investment Advisory Group, Inc., a U.S. investment advisory firm. The Fund represents a natural evolution and expansion of the various Asian investment vehicles that Trinity has formalized since 2001, including the recently invested and fully divested TAF II. Trinity Asian Fund III will pursue a diversified sector allocation, focusing on core-plus/value-add assets located primarily in the greater metropolitan Tokyo area, while targeting the market's yield dynamic as a cornerstone of the portfolio's return composition.

"Tokyo, as well as other major cities in Japan, is projected to be among the top performing markets over the next five years in terms of compounded annual excess returns when compared to its Asia-Pacific peers," said Omar Al-Gharabally, President of Greenstone Equity Partners. "The capital city is set to remain the world's top metropolis in terms of GDP and population through 2020, and with such a promising economic outlook and stable political situation, we see Japan as one of the best places in the world to invest in at the moment," he added.

"Japan presents a compelling investment thesis, and a confluence of positive factors has fostered our belief that this is an exciting and rewarding juncture within the investment cycle" noted Sean Hehir, President and Chief Executive Officer of Trinity Investments LLC. "Trinity believes it is uniquely positioned to strategically invest in the current market, as TAF III draws upon Trinity's 17 years of direct investment in Japan. We believe Trinity's demonstrated track-record, including the acquisition of ¥300 billion of Japanese commercial real estate and the establishment of Tozai Asset Management, has positioned the company from a vantage point that few of our contemporaries possess. Combined with our current collaboration with Greenstone Equity Partners, we believe we provide an attractive and efficient solution to accessing Japanese real estate, while providing GCC investors direct exposure to an important asset class."

Trinity Investments, LLC:
Trinity Investments was founded in 1996, and since inception, has invested globally in over ¥500 billion of real estate, including ¥300 billion across multiple sectors in the Japan marketplace. Since 2010, Trinity has been actively involved in approximately ¥160 billion of acquisitions and dispositions of Japanese real estate, including the investment and divestiture of Trinity Asian Fund II. Trinity is the founder and an owner of Tozai Asset Management, a fully licensed Tokyo-based asset manager, and maintains offices in Japan, Hawaii and New York.

For more information, visit www.trinityinvestments.com

Greenstone Equity Partners:
Greenstone Equity Partners is a MENA-focused boutique investment and advisory firm specializing in multi-sector, advisory, fund placement, investment, consulting and deal structuring transactions. Based in Dubai, Greenstone's primary areas of focus are:

Fund Placement

Advisory

Greenstone provides its clients with advisory services and access to MENA-based sovereign wealth funds, institutional investors and family offices for primary and secondary placements. Greenstone places a strong emphasis on the geographical capital diversification needs of its MENA-based clients. Greenstone is generally engaged as a sole and exclusive MENA fund placement firm by global top quartile investment banks, asset managers and fund managers from both developed and developing markets.

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