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AMP to launch Singapore direct property arm

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
AMP Capital will expand its current business in Asia by developing an unlisted property business in Singapore next year. Andrew Bird, director and chief investment officer AMP Capital, said that the group will establish new funds, invest in more global ...

Aon offers auto rebalancing service

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2010
... investment options is at least 5 percentage points higher or lower than their intended allocation. However, the direct property investment option cannot be automatically rebalanced, due to the illiquid nature of its underlying investments. Aon Master ...

Super fund recovery 6pc but big funds fail to fire

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2010
... returns is the sharemarket's 5 per cent September gains followed by another 2 per cent in October supplemented by direct property's 9 per cent annual bounceback. But Rainmaker, the research engine behind SelectingSuper, said the most startling aspect ...

Charter Hall fund assets to $70m

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
... growth in property income of 3.4 per cent per annum. Richard Stacker, chief executive officer of Charter Hall Direct Property, said there was a substantial number of boutique and large planning groups that have approved the use of DIF, with the fund ...

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 ...

Direct property makes a comeback

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... including Professional Associations Super, Asset Super, Sunsuper and AustralianSuper have added their exposure to direct property in recent months, Rainmaker research shows. Direct property is back en vogue as investors look outside listed real estate ...

Cormann blasts ALP over default super

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... companies could use when appointing default super funds. However with faultering equity markets and recovering direct property markets pushing industry funds back into the lead over the short term, reinforcing their established long term advantage for ...

Maritime restructures asset classes, doubles insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
The $3 billion Maritime Super combined its listed and direct property investments under one asset class, merged its absolute return and alternatives portfolios and doubled its insurance cover for members as part of a fund review this year. The trustee ...

APRA puts spotlight on super

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2010
... of unlisted assets - particularly relevant as major super funds increase their exposures to private equity and direct property and infrastructure. " The absence of ready benchmarks...can lead to outdated and inappropriate valuations, and equity issues ...

BTFG drops van Eyk for S&P

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
... research services. Research provided will include exchange-traded funds, managed funds, separately managed accounts, direct property and structured products along with consultancy advice to BTFG Research. In a similar development, one of Australia's ...