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SMSF investors reducing cash and shares

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... investment selections. "Currently cash rates are reaching historic lows and there is a significant upward trend in direct property investment driven by low mortgage rates. However, loans in the investment mix are falling, raising questions about whether ...

Internalisation has gone the full circle say CIOs

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015
... is not "black and white" but is increasing in the industry, driven by fees and MySuper. Merlicek said IOOF do direct property in house, some cash and fixed interest. Hostplus chief investment officer, Sam Sicilia, said the company spent a lot of time ...

Super delivers 12.2% for year end April

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015
... Rainmaker said falls in the value of the AUD are likely to account for half the returns on international assets. Direct property meanwhile delivered 11%, Australian shares 10%, Australian and international bonds 9% each. But highlighting concerns over ...

Property groups looking through the schooner glass

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... United Kingdom, the United States, Ireland, Germany, Korea and Japan among 28 other countries. Head of Charter Hall direct property, Richard Stacker, said at a recent media briefing the group had ventured in to the hospitality sector through the purchase ...

Gearing for SMSFs won't be significant: Colley

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
... about restricting the LRBA (limited recourse borrowing arrangement) for investments by superannuation funds in direct property through gearing. "When you look at the stats on that it pales into insignificance in relation to the total investments in SMSFs ...

Retail super bounces back

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... posted returns of 10% and 12% fuelled by falling interest rates and the sliding AUD. Cash again returned 2.7% but direct property increased slightly to 10%. A-REITs meanwhile returned 36%. The top five Workplace super funds (by MySuper and default options) ...

AustralianSuper inks $1.1bn US property deal

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
AustralianSuper undertaken its biggest single direct property transaction and has invested almost $1.1 billion in a property in the United States. The super fund has acquired a 25% stake in Honolulu's Ala Moana Center from US S&P 500 company General ...

Zenith recommends Perpetual, Australian Property funds

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
... 2015. Zenith also gave the APF a recommended rating. The APF is a diversified fund with exposure to both unlisted direct property and A-REITs via the AMP Capital Wholesale Australian Property Fund (WAPF) and will also hold A-REITs and cash in its own ...

Super returns dip to 9.0 pct

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
... Domestic and international bonds meanwhile posted returns of 6.0% and 8.5% respectively. Cash returned 2.7% and direct property 10% but A-REITs have returned 12% which continues their volatile ride as at end August they were posting returns of 20%.

Energy Super CEO explains disclosure decision

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
... with the actual holdings remaining confidential. The fund has also decided not to disclose the valuation of its direct property holdings, as this could compromise them when they come to sell. When asked whether she had any concerns about the disclosure ...