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Global REITs to gain double-digits: INGIM

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2011
Total returns for global real estate investment trusts (REITs) this year could be as high as 12 per cent with dividends yielding around 4 per cent. The healthiest dividend payouts are likely to come from the US, research from fund manager INGIM shows. ...

AMP to launch Singapore direct property arm

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
... areas." Bird said that Singapore is currently well positioned to continue what it started pre-GFC and become an Asian hub for REITs. He predicts that pension funds and the like will respond to investor demand for traditional property that provides yield ...

Direct property makes a comeback

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... billion invested in domestic property and all of it direct, with Hartley confirming the fund does not have any exposure to A-REITs. He said that in the asset allocation process, REITs did not necessarily offer enough of a difference to ordinary equities. ...

Invesco makes the case for global REITs

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
... correlation between listed property and conventional equities has increased markedly post GFC, Rodruigez said that global REITs can still offer investors diversification benefits over the long term, from both fixed income and equities. " Since the GFC ...

Goodman makes play for $1.2 billion ING REIT

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... invested in industrial property across Australia, Canada and Europe. The fund is one of 5 listed real estate investment trusts (REITs) managed by ING Real Estate in Australia on behalf of 60,000 investors. In a separate statement, Goodman said that it ...

Signposts to high yield

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... new high-yield stocks within these categories and there was a move away from banks and into real estate investment trusts (REITs), in particular Stockland, Mirvac and CFS Retail Property Trust. "Yields on REITs are beginning to look more attractive as ...

FuturePlus seeks more alternatives

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
... FPFS, said he is advising the firm's clients EISS and Chifley Financial Services to tap global listed infrastructure and REITs, and allocate up to 5 per cent in each new asset class. Funds invested in these classes will come from existing international ...

Commercial property regains appeal: survey

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2010
... respondents hold less than 10 per cent in commercial property in their portfolios, although emerging market opportunities such as REITs trading at a discount to NTA are changing investor attitudes. "Institutional investors such as superannuation funds ...

AMP Capital Investors expands fixed income team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2010
... years with AMP Capital as an investment analyst in the Asian real estate securities team. Based in Singapore, he covered REITs and developers across the region, primarily in China, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore. Prior to this he was a portfolio manager ...

More planners bypass managed funds: study

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010
... recent investment study that found a growing number of planners are placing their clients' funds into direct shares, ETFs, REITs and SMAs, leaving only a fraction of inflows into traditional managed funds. The survey pooled the views of over 700 planners ...