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Booming demand from SA investors brings pressure onto Orbvest's US property acquisitors

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South Africans who are actively seeking offshore portfolio diversification have warmed to the niche-focused entrepreneurs who are building Orbvest into a billion dollar powerhouse. They are taking experiences learned in the specialised SA's medical property sector and applying them in the US market, with CEO Martin Freeman having relocated there. The latest development, their 22nd, was oversubscribed, with the excess being allocated to the 23rd project described in this interview by director of operations, Justin Clarke. He was interviewed on this week's episode of Personal Finance Live. - Alec Hogg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
30 Jul 2019 12PM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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