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Super funds continue to recover

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012
... by Australian shares losing 6% over the 12 months to end March 2012. In contrast, domestic fixed interest and direct property both earned 10% and international fixed interest earned 11%. The top five Workplace Super funds (by default options) over the ...

ACT super account takes $450m GFC hit

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012
... investment strategy should be reviewed, Barr said the fund is about 50% exposed to equity markets with bonds, direct property and alternatives making up the balance. He said the territory government is comfortable with the balanced diversified investment ...

AREIT-ASX correlation doubles post GFC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
... property sector, where rolling 12 month returns are now a stable 10% according to both the Financial Standard Direct Property Index and the Property Council of Australia IPD Pooled Property Fund Index. Returns nonetheless fell as low as -15% during 2009 ...

AMP Capital relaunches AXA property fund

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
AMP Capital is set to relaunch a $760 million unlisted retail direct property fund previously withdrawn under AXA Australia management, complete with a new strategy and asset sale. The Wholesale Australian Property Fund (WAPF) has operated for 27 years ...

Super funds evolve towards direct property: AMP

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011
... Australia for 2012 with returns predicted of around 8.5 - 9.5%. When asked whether more super funds would invest in direct property, Judd was confident trends would emerge even over the next 12 months. "We have had a mandate with UniSuper for over 10 ...

Accountants partner up with AXA and MLC to offer financial advice

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
... offer on advice in a number of areas including the establishment and closure of SMSFs, advice on assets, including direct property, held within SMSFs, advice on financial planning, life risk and credit advice for individuals and businesses, as well as ...

Harvard defies critics with 21% return

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
... the 26% return from private equity. Meanwhile physical assets including natural resources like timberland and direct property achieved 18%. Other strong performing asset classes were public commodities earning 27% and foreign bonds earning 21%. Even ...

Super returns crash below 5%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
... research bulletin released by Rainmaker. Rainmaker is the researcher behind SelectingSuper. The researcher said direct property meanwhile earned 11% through the year, international fixed interest 9%, Australian fixed interest 7% and cash 5%. International ...

CBD vacancies hit 2-year low

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2011
Office vacancy rates falling to their lowest level in two years reinforces the recovery in direct property returns, albeit it doesn't resolve the mixed messages coming from the sector. Total vacancy in Australia's office markets decreased from 9.6 to ...

In defence of superannuation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2011
... funds average 52% but for retail funds it's 61% and if you include retail's preference for listed rather than direct property this increases to 66%, explaining why retail funds are much more vulnerable to equity market falls. The bigger problem is longevity ...