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Charter Hall launches new office fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2017
Charter Hall Direct has launched an unlisted office property fund targeting a 7.25% income yield per annum. The Charter Hall Direct PFA Fund (PFA) invests in office buildings around Australia predominantly leased to government tenants, and is suitable ...

Westpac halts $14bn asset manager sale

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2017
... in July. At the time, Charter Hall said acquiring the business presented "an attractive expansion opportunity for the property group across real assets funds management." On August 17, though, Charter Hall said further due diligence would cease. Westpac ...

Housing affordability depresses confidence: Westpac

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2017
... cut back on spending. More than two-thirds (67%) say the high price of housing is the main barrier to getting on the property ladder, while 53% cite saving for a deposit. Additionally about three quarters of Australians believe the next generation will ...

Contribution caps cause SMSF cash surge

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2017
... interest (down from 12.7%), 35.4% Australian equities (down from 36.7%), 13.1% global equities (up from 12.9%), 19.3% property (up from 19.2%) and 0.4% in other vehicles such as hedge funds, agricultural funds and private trusts (down from 0.5%). The ...

Ripoll to help victims of rogue advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2017
... clients who have been convinced to set up self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) and borrow money to buy off-the-plan property. Ripoll, who chaired the parliamentary joint committee on corporations and financial services, said the issue of remediating ...

Macquarie and Canadian pension fund buy SA government asset

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2017
... The sale follows a similar move by the New South Wales government in April, which awarded the right to run the Land and Property Information tilting and registry services to a First State Super-Hastings led consortium for $2.6 billion. Following a competitive ...

AMP Capital seeks growth in Real Estate

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2017
... centres, Justine Hughes - a former Mirvac general manager of retail, Huges joins on 14 August. She will be responsible for property management and operational leasing, along with full end-to-end accountability for all aspects of asset performance, lease ...

Major advice firm endorses first home super saver scheme

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2017
... buyers about whether the scheme will be available for use in 2017. Dixon Advisory head of advice Nerida Cole said as property prices on the east coast remain high, first home buyers continue to face immense affordability challenges. "Certainty about ...

Roaring forties produce super member tailwinds

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2017
... international have returned more than 15% in the 12 month period to June 2017, while global infrastructure and direct property not far behind. In the same period fixed interest portfolios have averaged around 1% and less for Australian only fixed interest," ...

Australian dollar poses problem for RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
... problem is it cannot even promise to lower interest rates to bring down the Australian dollar without re-energising the property market and lifting Australian household's ballooning household debt.