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Fund manager recommends less defensive retirement

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011
... retirees with its returns and source of income but also as an alternative to more traditional property exposure including A-REITs listed funds and 'hard assets', such as direct property and infrastructure. "You actually have quite a long time horizon ...

Zenith targets dealer groups with investment solutions

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
... for advisers. Franklin is responsible for the Australian shares sector, listed infrastructure and Australian and global REITs, while Davis oversees international shares, cash, fixed interest and alternatives.

Zenith adds senior investment analyst

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2011
... will be responsible for international equities, infrastructure, Australian equities small caps and Australian and global REITs funds. Previous roles include head and director of equities for the Future Fund, senior analyst roles with Lonsec in research ...

Dissident investors could prompt REIT revival

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2011
Corporate merger and acquisition activity could be set to spark the Australian REITs sector back to life as investors act to realise the value of net tangible assets (NTA). A-REITs continue to trade at an NTA discount with the sector still recovering ...

ETFs report wafer thin trading volumes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2011
... 732 trades per day, or just 15 per ETF. By comparison, infrastructure funds generated 691 trades per day per fund and A-REITS 526 per trust per day, though Listed Investment Companies generated just 15 per LIC per day which was even less than ETFs. The ...

Legg Mason funds plug retiree gap

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... Legg Mason Real Income Fund was launched in December last year and builds a portfolio of listed hard assets including A-REITs, utilities and other infrastructure in addition to the Legg Mason Australian Equity Income Trust, due to be launched 1 June. ...

Charter Hall targets advisers with SMA

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... managed fund, reflecting adviser appetite for direct portfolios. Reliance Investment Management will manage the portfolio of A-Reits, with a recommended rating from Lonsec, while Mason Stevens will operate the SMA. "The dual launch reflects the changing ...

Property primed for inflow pick up

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
... this year. Super funds are expected to plough $10bn into property, wholesale $1 billion, private investors $1.5 billion, A-REITs $1.5 billion, Asian pension funds $2 billion with a further $6 billion will come from debt. The high cost of borrowing for ...

Building a compelling case for direct property

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2011
... to play in their portfolio can also be incompatible with the leverage in some listed property structures. "We don't see REITs as part of our property allocation and so we leave that to our equity managers," said Reily. Valuation methodologies can raise ...

Property funds urged to keep lid on gearing

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... and head of property research at Frontier and Stephen Hiscock, managing director, SG Hiscock & Company, agreed that while REITs were a 'legitimate investment' once again, the gearing must be appropriate. "In unlisted we tend to think once you get above ...