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Macquarie in talks with Charter Hall

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
... development company. The group has over $3.9 billion in funds under management, invested across a range of specialist unlisted property funds. Macquarie Group declined to make any additional comment on the possible deal. Charter Hall could not be reached ...

Unlisted property continue to pose liquidity headaches

JOHN KAVANAGH  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
Changes to the liquidity of unlisted property securities has become a big portfolio construction issue for fund trustees, financial planners and investors. The move late in 2008 by a number of unlisted property fund managers to freeze redemptions has ...

Frontier reweighs alternatives

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
... alternatives, like private equity, absolute return strategies (including hedge funds) and infrastructure (particularly unlisted property)," he said. Opportunities where Frontier could potentially provide senior debt, a space that banks deserted during ...

Equiti opens direct property fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
... fund that provides access to quality commercial property and includes a mandated exit strategy. "Many existing unlisted property funds suffer some structural ailments; poor liquidity, investor dilution and excessive gearing. What we've done is seek to ...

ADPIA appoints new president

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
... encompassing core real estate development, investment and management of direct property in both the listed and unlisted property fund arenas. Olde studied Commerce at Murdoch University, holds a Diploma of Financial Services and is registered with the ...

Mercer and IPD develop unlisted prop index

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
Mercer and IPD have teamed up to provide a more robust approach to indexing unlisted property investments. The index, Mercer/IPD Australian Pooled Property Fund Index replaces the existing Mercer Unlisted Property Funds Index and the IPD Australian ...

GESB looks to alternatives

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
... The $7.5 billion Government Employees Superannuation Fund (GESB) is opening its doors for the first time to unlisted property and other direct asset classes. The WA-based GESB is currently looking closely at unlisted property as a new asset class, said ...

Instos hold the ace in direct property

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
... managers are feeling the pinch. This leaves the door wide open for cashed up institutional investors to pounce on unlisted property as there are less buyers in the market, said Linden Toll, president of ADPIA and director of marketing and distribution ...

APRA declares hand on unlisted asset valuations

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2009
... retail funds hold their property returned -57 per cent in the twelve months to end February 2009, the Rainmaker unlisted property index - which is how not for profit funds usually hold their property - recorded a loss of just five per cent. However ...

No bail-out for cash-strapped assets

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2009
Super funds with unlisted property in their portfolio should be prepared to "let failures fail" - particularly if managers are requesting more inflows to a poorly performing fund, said a leading investment consultant. Fiona Trafford-Walker, managing ...