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Centuria wins unlisted property fund of the year

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
Centuria has been awarded the Unlisted Fund of the Year award at the Annual Property Funds Industry Forum. Centuria 19 Corporate Drive Fund, managed by Centuria Property Funds, won the award after good returns and a governance structure which focuses ...

Australian foundations sample impact investing

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... enterprise and development investment funds, renewable energy funds, community infrastructure funds, social impact property funds, community development by financial institutions and the introduction of social impact bonds were all named as part of the ...

Mariners bid underdone

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2012
... company's options. Mariner went to the Takeovers Panel, after Austock reached an agreement with Folkestone to sell its property funds business. The deal came in the face of Mariner's offer for all shares in Austock, and the sale was labeled by Mariner ...

Folkestone forced to pay cash

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
... assist with the administration of the Australian Government's innovation and venture capital programs. Austock's property funds business is comprised of four funds, including the ASX-listed Australian Educational Trust and Australian Social Infrastructure ...

Austock seeks liquidity for shareholders who want out

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
... withdrew a proposed takeover bid for Austock. Mariner withdrew its offer after it labeled Austock's sale of its property funds management business to Folkestone Limited as a "blatant" attempt to block its bid for all shares in the company. The share ...

CYRE Trilogy, APFG still fighting

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012
... relation to the tactics which Cyre Trilogy has employed during their separate attempt to take over four APGF managed property funds," said Geoff McMahon, APGF managing director. "These tactics have included the use of powers of attorneys instead of proxies ...

ASIC eyes off UL property

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012
... unlisted property sector and could be found in any area of financial services, said Sean Robertson, chair of the Property Funds Association's policy & regulatory committee. "I think there is a lack of understanding in regards to how long it [unlisted ...

Mariner lodges TO panel complaint

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
... stop the sale of Austock's property business. Austock last week announced plans for an $11 million sale of Austock Property Funds Management and its related entities to Folkestone Limited, despite Mariner advising the board that it intended to make an ...

Austock sells PFM to Folkstone

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2012
Austock Funds Management has reached an agreement to sell its Property Funds Management business to Folkstone Limited, leaving Mariner Corporation's takeover bid in doubt. Darren Olney-Fraser, Mariner chief executive officer, told Financial Standard ...

Austock bid on ice

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
... chief executive Bill Bessemer was in talks with Folkestone Limited about a joint venture to run its $555 million property funds platform. In a statement to the ASX yesterday, the Mariner board said that "the trading halt and any potential sale of joint ...