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AMP targets SMSFs for infrastructure and property funds

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013
... at encouraging self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) investors to branch out into infrastructure and non-residential property. While residential property is a popular investment for SMSF investors, accounting for 17% of all SMSF investments, the majority ...

Property investments see surge in confidence

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013
... API Australian Property Directions Survey also found that a small majority of respondents believe the non-residential property sector is likely to outperform the equity market in the next three years. In five years' time however, the small majority of ...

AMP Capital sells out of Houston residential property complex

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
AMP Capital's Global Direct Property Fund has sold Cheval Apartments for US$63.6 million following a widely marketed sales campaign. Cheval Apartments is a 'multifamily' asset - a 387 unit residential complex which is centrally located near major employment ...

Healthcare property outperforms residential

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
... 9.4%. Also, healthcare property saw an income return of 8.8% and a capital growth of 2.1%. "Investment in residential property is fine, but in Australia, some investors are too exposed to it and they could easily balance their portfolios investing on ...

Industrial property funds draw SMSFs

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013
... investors due to long lease terms (from 10 to 25 years), an income yield of 8 per cent, which doubles the one on residential property, and big consolidated companies as tenants, such as Coles or Australia Post, Stacker said. The expected slowing of GDP ...

Market Wrap - AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2013
... Association's new home sales data for December 2012 is due out, as is the National Australia Bank's December quarter Residential Property Survey. In equities news, Lynas Corporation is due to release its second quarter activities report, Origin Energy ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
... point at 4,855. In economic news on Wednesday, the Australian Property Institute is scheduled to release its residential property outlook for 2013. In equities news, the second Hastie Group creditors meeting, expected to go for two days, is due to begin ...

Mortgage brokers told to target SMSFs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
... Vanguard Investments Australia, in a recent investment update, said SMSF trustees are cautious about including residential property in their portfolios for sound reasons. "First, superannuation law forbids funds from acquiring residential property from ...

ASIC civil case a dead duck: Storm founders

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
... The Cassimatis' advice included recommendations that investors take margin loans and borrow against their residential property in order to invest in Storm-badged products. The couple's legal counsel Shane Doyle SC argued that they could not have breached ...

Insurance cover launched for SMSFs

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... financial and legal risks. The new insurance cover products include Art & Collectables Insurance, Commercial and Residential Property Insurance and Life Insurance. "We believe running an SMSF comes with inherent risks beyond just investment risk, particularly ...