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Insurance advice needs to pick up the pace

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
... coverage is keeping pace with their changing business models. "While under-insurance is by no means confined to the property funds management industry, ADPIA considers that the issue is key for our members in today's changing environment. We encourage ...

LGS and VFMC join 'green' property movement

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011
Local Government Super (LGS) and Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) join a global energy efficiency of property portfolio benchmarking foundation. The Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) assesses the environmental performance ...

Rising oil prices add to sovereign risk

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2011
... US$125 million, while a hardening of reinsurance rates may adversely Suncorp who is negotiating reinsurance in June. Property exposures from Astro Japan Property Trust and Challenger may also suffer along with some Platinum funds overweight in Japan ...

Sunsuper adds another property mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2011
Sunsuper has expanded its direct property portfolio after purchasing a $107 million property to compliment its national growth strategy. The super fund said the property purchase would add diversification to its investment portfolio. "This addition ...

Direct property makes a comeback

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... including Professional Associations Super, Asset Super, Sunsuper and AustralianSuper have added their exposure to direct property in recent months, Rainmaker research shows. Direct property is back en vogue as investors look outside listed real estate ...

PAS taps direct property, shifts bonds

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
The $1.6 billion Professional Associations Super has poured $80 million into two direct property mandates and re-allocated $75 million from global bonds to Australian bonds. Paul Kessell, the fund's chief investment officer, said he was not able to ...

AMP buys Sydney office for Sunsuper

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
Sunsuper has expanded its direct property mandate with AMP Capital Investors following a $100 million Sydney CBD office acquisition. AMP Capital Investors' Property Portfolio Services has a mandate with Sunsuper to manage a diversified, direct property ...

Nothing to fear in hung parliament

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
... believed it unlikely many of the Henry and Cooper recommendations would be adopted. More crucially, Boubouras noted that the property sector could be indirectly affected even if the electorate is crying out for infrastructure spending to match population ...

Mortgage trust managers have lots of questions to answer

JOHN KAVANAGH  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2010
... funds at Perpetual, Richard Brandweiner, says large mortgage trust provide small commercial loans that are secured by property and are set at low loan-to-valuation ratios. Brandweiner says: "These funds don't fund any land banks or provide developer ...

SMSFs turn to advisers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2009
... fixed income and managed funds. Compared to 2008 data, SMSF trustees said they are less likely to consider investment property, with the popularity of the asset class falling 22 per cent to 42 per cent in a year. Andrea Slattery, chief executive at the ...