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Retail funds outperform, but industry funds dominate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... a 15.19% return which was largely underpinned by the sector's propensity to gear its investments towards equities and property. However despite the good year for retail funds, large industry funds took the majority of top spots in SelectingSuper's personal ...

The PDS is weak: Rice Warner

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... similar remuneration structures - in the 1980s, it was not uncommon to pay a fee of 8% of the purchase price to buy into a property trust." Therefore, one of the consequences of that structure was an industry focussed on selling products and consumers ...

US firm makes second bid for Aussie fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
A US-based investment giant has made a second bid for an Australian property fund with a $485 million takeover offer. Starwood Capital made the all-cash offer at $2.98 per unit for Australian Unity Office Fund (AOF) over a year after its first failed ...

Uncertainty remains for global outlook: TCorp

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... 2019 surge. "Continued rapid house price growth in 2020 would bring forward the recovery in housing construction as new property development activity becomes profitable," the report said. "It would also, however, increase the risk of a "boom-bust" cycle ...

Chief economist update: Turn the beat around

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... pressure on household spending and by extension, the general economy. Makes me wonder if, apart from boosting the share and property markets, another one or two more RBA rate cuts could turn the vicious cycle into a virtuous one? In fact, the last RBA ...

Millennials not attracted to property

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
... returns. That's according to the latest analysis from Fidelity, which compared real (inflation-adjusted) residential property prices for Australia's first home buyers through the generations. Fidelity International cross-asset specialist Anthony ...

Sydney boutique partners with Pan Tribal

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
... Global Asset Management's former Australian chief executive. Barwon Investment Partners invests in private equity, property, and specialised investments including secondary fund investments and public to private transactions. It manages about $1.6 ...

Future Fund returns 14.3% for the year

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
... (13.7%), alternatives (13.4%), debt securities (8.6%), infrastructure and timberland (7%), Aussie equities (6.8%), and property (6.3%). Future Fund's 10-year returns beat the government-set benchmark target of 6.4% per year. However, they are now ...

Green light for $1b Cbus tower

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
Cbus Property has received approval from the Victorian government for a new $1 billion office tower in Melbourne's CBD. The permit-approved development will be known as 435 Bourke Street and will comprise 59,000 square metres of office space across ...

SMSFA chief slams regulators, FASEA

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
... encouraging them to review their investment strategy where they had a high exposure to a single asset class, especially geared property," he said. "We have encouraged the ATO to be clear in its communication to ensure that all trustees are not frightened ...