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Planners commission ban skips property

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
... on all commissions after Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten confirmed the ban on commissions will not cover property investments, pushing opportunities for planners in the self-managed super fund (SMSF) space. Property investments are not facing a ban ...

Planners eye SMSF property

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... managed super funds but are wary of the pitfalls. Self managed super fund trustees are increasingly adding property investments to their portfolios with real estate firms and planners keen to capitalise. "I've seen half a dozen to a dozen property builders ...

Vow appoints wealth head

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... secure its own financial planning dealer's licence. It aims to offer all products that are associated with property investments.

Property primed for inflow pick up

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
... Asian pension funds $2 billion with a further $6 billion will come from debt. The high cost of borrowing for property investments does remain a barrier, according to Hession. "Bank margins for property lending are still over 200bp, which seems excessive. ...

LGS and VFMC join 'green' property movement

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
... Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) assesses the environmental performance of individual property investments with their environmental real estate targets. The appeal for institutional investors and super funds with property assets is ...

Property funds urged to keep lid on gearing

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... large more leveraged asset classes," said Gavin. Frontier has been looking at value added and opportunistic property investments in the US. Falling levels of home ownership and a shortage of multi-family housing is causing a great opportunity that 'everyone ...

Sunsuper adds another property mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
... listed counterparts since the GFC, delivering higher returns. Several other super funds are looking at direct property investments including Professional Associations Super, Asset Super and AustralianSuper AMP Capital Investors purchased the Melbourne ...

Property recovery reignites super fund war

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
... year ago the sector was returning -14 per cent following the impact of devaluations that belted investors. Property investments returning to form has had a big impact in the superannuation battle between retail and not-for-profit funds, said Rainmaker. ...

Maritime restructures asset classes, doubles insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
The $3 billion Maritime Super combined its listed and direct property investments under one asset class, merged its absolute return and alternatives portfolios and doubled its insurance cover for members as part of a fund review this year. The trustee ...

MLC nabs PM from Alliance Bernstein

NEWS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2010
... acting chief investment officer said the new role provides the group with a dedicated portfolio manager for property investments.