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MLC property fund faces leadership change

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... be meeting with MLC in the coming weeks to review the decision. "Research of managers and investment recommendations for REITs will now be covered by the respective investment analysts and portfolio managers for Australian equities and global equities. ...

Managers up risk on improved sentiment

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
... the US and Europe were seen as contributing factors to positivity with Australian shares and other growth assets such as A-REITs rebounding in popularity. "This quarter managers' risk appetite visibly increased. This has been spurred along by relatively ...

CFSGAM: REITS are a safe bet

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
... According to Plater, the problem has been that people are looking at the direction a lot of Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) took before 2006, heading going overseas and taking on too much debt. "That was when people were looking at property as ...

UBS: Diversify to prevent fatigue

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011
... also expect a lower return. For most investors, diversification across all asset classes, cash, fixed income, equities, A-REITs should lower the volatility of portfolios."

Principal Global secures Advance Asset mandate

RACHEL DAVIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011
BT owned, Advance Asset Management has awarded a $150 million mandate to Principal Global Investors for its global REITS strategy. Advance Asset Management also recently awarded a mandate for an undisclosed sum to Phoenix Portfolios to manage its Advance ...

Affinity launches wholesale property fund

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2011
... also expects to launch a retail fund aimed at DIY super funds in the next 12 months. Distinct from direct investment or REITs, the Affinity Property Fund enables access to the residential property market without the costs of acquisition, holding and ...

AMP lands first $30m mandate in new fund

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
... medium term investment period coupled with long-term growth by investing in stocks (developed and emerging), managed funds, REITs, bonds, derivatives and cash. The Western Australian Local Government Superannuation Plan, which has over 43,000 members ...

Investors look for business activity signals

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011
... services to the mining industry, or banks that are providing the funding. Hershan said another sector worth watching is REITs, especially trusts that have properly de-leveraged and got back to sourcing and running quality property projects paying sustainable ...

REITS, cash, equities the safe bet

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011
Australian REITS, cash products and equities have all been picked as the safest investment choices for advisers at the Midwinter Adviser Roadshow in Sydney this morning. Daniel Needham, managing director for Ibbotson Associates, told 380 delegates that ...

ETF provider wants to expand asset class range

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
... times in the year. SSgA released three new funds into the Australian market in the last year, the S&P/ASX200 Financials X A-REITs Fund, the S&P/ASX200 Resources Fund, and the Small Ordinaries Fund. Worldwide the ETF market is expanding rapidly with 648 ...