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Australian Unity property trust suspends units

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2017
Australian Unity's Healthcare Property Trust has suspended wholesale and Class A units and will not accept new investor applications until further notice. The trust, which was established in 1999, invests in healthcare property assets, including hospitals ...

Workplace default funds deliver strong returns

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
... High Growth (15.5%). According to Rainmaker, these returns were underpinned by strong monthly returns in equities and property. On an annual basis Australian equities, often the largest asset class in many balanced funds, contributed a 22.1% return (S&P ...

Let me down gently

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
... (APRA) must be breathing a sigh of relief at the latest housing finance figures indicating a slowdown in the country's property market. The bubbling Australian property market had been the central bank's major source of concern in recent times. Concern ...

Singapore fintech shutters Australian business

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... admitted to the ASX last August, specialises in crowdfunding investment services for small-to-medium enterprises and property assets. It has offices in Singapore, China, Malaysia, Indonesia and until recently, Australia. The decision to close CoAssets' ...

Savills IM expands with $90m acquisition

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
Savills Investment Management broadened its reach with its first acquisition of Australian property assets for the Savills IM Asia Pacific Fund. The assets, Quest East Perth and The Station Oxley in Brisbane, were purchased for about $90 million in ...

BT and Asgard add bond fund

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
... "We have identified heightened bank related risks within Australian investors' portfolios, such as negatively geared property, hybrids, corporate bonds, term deposits (bank risk) and Australian Bank shares. " "In this regard, JCB's active high grade ...

RBA dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
... 2013 -- from 3.1% in the previous month and 4.3% in January last year. It appears that slowing wages growth and high property prices are leaving Australians with little to spend elsewhere. Total hourly rates of pay (excluding bonuses) increased by a ...

Charter Hall fund debuts on multiple platforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2017
A Charter Hall unlisted property fund is now available to advisers wanting to access direct commercial property opportunities. The Direct Office Fund (DOF) aims to invest in core Australian commercial real estate on long leases with high-quality covenants. ...

Savills continues Aussie growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2017
... than 15 years' experience in the office, industrial, retail and mixed-use sectors across acquisition, asset management, property management and debt financing. Li will work with head of investment Lee Tredwell to manage existing investment and help grow ...

Housing affordability threatens super's future

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
... among the many factors present in the rise of house prices is the increasing presence of investors in the Australian property market which has effectively "squeezed first home buyers out of the housing market." Eslake expressed cynicism that any of these ...