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Lonsec recommends AUI property fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2009
... listed) and other investments. The direct property component has a target allocation of around one-third in commercial property, one-third in retail property, and one-third in other specialist property investments. Properties are either held directly ...

LGS wins green globe award

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
Local Government Super has been awarded the 2009 Commercial Property Green Globe Award. The award follows a series of green upgrades to LGS' $500 million direct property portfolio through the implementation of its Sustainable Portfolio Program. The ...

Private investors on property buying spree

CBRE RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2009
... end of town, with research showing that private investors and syndicators accounted for two-thirds of all commercial property sales since January this year. The findings were from property group CB Richard Ellis which found that $2.4 billion of commercial ...

Darling buds of May

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2009
... inflation expectations and with it, rising interest rates. And with them, continued malaise in the housing market, commercial property and credit cards, prolonged economic downturn with rising unemployment... gloom and doom. But for every bad news there ...

Instos hold the ace in direct property

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
... refinancing will face stricter lender's terms and conditions. "You have a situation where banks aren't too keen on commercial property at the moment... there's certainly cost of funds going up," he said. And with cost of funding going up and little investor ...

Advisers turn to unlisted property

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
... back into the property playing field. Veale said 2009 promises to be a "one-in-20 year opportunity" with high commercial property yields, very low interest rates, and commercial buildings for sale at half replacement costs.

Damned if you do

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
... mortgage-backed securities and its $6.2 billion assistance to the car industry have been criticised. Why the commercial property? Why the car industry? Why not? Why not? When recession is knocking at your door, every little bit helps. The recent fiscal ...

Bigger fish to fry

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2009
... fiscal stimulus, guaranteed bank deposits, assisted the auto industry and created a lending facility to the commercial property sector. There are plans to dole out more government largesse. Never mind if the Budget goes from a surplus to a deficit. This ...

No instant gratification

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2008
... manufacturing activity 'slowed in most Districts,' the residential property sector 'remained weak,' and the commercial property market 'slowed in many Districts.' The various government plans, measures and packages that are already in train and those ...

LGSS buys Batemans Bay shops

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2008
... shopping centres from Stockland for less than the 'book' value. "We have a high level of office property and commercial property than we would probably like [in the property portfolio]. We are looking to diversify our portfolio a little bit more with ...