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香港炒出房地产衍生品
长期以来，香港一直因其房地产价格的波动性而吸引着全球地产界的目光。而如今，香港却由于另一个原因而举世瞩目--房地产衍生品。
Hong Kong has long attracted attention in the global property world due to the volatility of its real estate prices. Now, however, it has shot into the spotlight for another reason - property derivatives.
2月27日，荷兰银行(ABN Amro)和新鸿基金融(Sun Hung Kai Financial)宣布，双方以香港住宅市场价格为基础，进行了一笔"房地产掉期"交易，这是亚洲首笔此类交易。
On the 27th Feb ABN Amro bank and Sun Hung Kai Financial announced that they had traded a property swap based on Hong Kong's residential market, marking the first such transaction ever to be done in Asia.
随着香港此笔掉期交易的完成，银行业人士预测，未来3个月，澳大利亚可能会出现类似交易，而未来6个月同样的情况将出现在新加坡，今年年底前，日本和韩国也将出现类似的交易。
With the ink now dry on the Hong Kong deal, bankers are predicting that a similar deal could take place in Australia in the next three months, followed by another transaction in Singapore in the next six months, and transactions in Japan and Korea towards the end of the year.
银行业人士表示，这意味着几个月后，投资者可能只需拨打一个电话，就可以"买进"悉尼的一间办公室，"卖出"伦敦的一家零售商店，或是在香港"买进"一处住宅地产。
That means that in a few months' time an investor may potentially be able to "buy" an office in Sydney, "sell" a retail store in London and "buy" a residential property in Hong Kong by placing just one phone call, bankers say.
果真如此，这将标志着房地产行业一个引人注目的转折点。一些银行业人士认为，该行业可能很快将成为一个令人兴奋的新金融创新领域，不仅是在香港，也是在全球。
If so, this will mark a striking turnround for a sector that some bankers believe could soon be an exciting new frontier for financial innovation, not just in Hong Kong but around the world.
