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Trust Company eyes personal touch to build on growth

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2011
... corporate side we've had a strong flow of transactional work," said Atkin. "There is a lot of activity in commercial property and infrastructure so we're supporting foreign investors in that sector and can see that being a positive trend," he said. A ...

Insurance advice needs to pick up the pace

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2011
... the insurance issues put under the spotlight by the recent floods are not confined to homeowners and that commercial property managers are often exposed. "The devastating floods revealed how property owners are often unknowingly under-insured or even ...

NAB buys 35pc stake in AREA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2011
... to buy small real estate investment trusts, larger distressed assets and to grow its debt business. The US commercial property market has shown signs of a rebound, according to the MIT Centre for Real Estate, whose price index which tracks institutional ...

Aussies embrace US real estate

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2010
... apartments are an attractive investment opportunity for them. The rental yields are comparable to those offered by commercial property in Australia, but an investment in US residential real estate would provide diversification benefits, not to mention ...

Perpetual raises $170 million for mortgage fund

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
... individuals and dealer groups subscribing to the tune of $170 million. The closed-ended fund will lend to commercial property investors and takes senior, secured exposure over income producing property in Australia. It has a target return of 4 per cent ...

Property recovery reignites super fund war

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
Australia's recovering commercial property market fuelling the bounce back in the direct property sector, combined with share returns turning south, has dented the retail super surge and put industry funds back in the market lead. CB Richard Ellis has ...

Whac-a-mole 2.0

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... inflation out of its system. Beijing has already announced fresh limits on foreign purchases of residential and commercial property. It is expected to do more. Appearing on state television, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao confirmed that his cabinet is already ...

Commercial property regains appeal: survey

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2010
... with a strong preference to office space. Currently 47 per cent of respondents hold less than 10 per cent in commercial property in their portfolios, although emerging market opportunities such as REITs trading at a discount to NTA are changing investor ...

Commercial property sales rebound: CBRE

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
Commercial property transactions above $5 million rebounded to $2.6 billion in the third quarter, up 268 per cent sequentially and up 75 per cent on last year, according to figures released by CB Richard Ellis. And while Australian super funds are dipping ...

Investors plough $7bn to commercial property

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
Overseas investors and super funds buoyed the commercial property sector in the year to June, accounting for $6.88 billion or more than 54 per cent of all sales. According to latest figures from property researcher Atchison Consulting, the majority ...