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Property funds urged to keep lid on gearing

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
... particularly if the cost of debt is to increase in the US," he said. SG Hiscock & Company focuses more on the listed property sector but believes that a similar approach to gearing should be taken. "If you've got a really stable asset you should be able ...

Aus equities forecast to return 20pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2011
... activity. "In all the years I've been in markets, I've never known the listed companies sector, excluding property and listed property trusts, to have so little debt relative to assets. It's a worldwide trend but particularly powerful here because companies ...

Aust Unity sets its sights on instos

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
Australian Unity Investments is ramping up its institutional strategy this year. Martin Hession, head of property at AUI, said at a lunch last week that winning institutional mandates would be a key part of the firm's agenda this year, after having ...

MIR deputy MD joins Russell

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2010
... managed the fund's external investment managers and directly managed various portfolios including Australian shares, listed property trusts, bonds, cash and currency. Russell Investments provides outsourced trustee services for superannuation funds through ...

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 ...

FUM hits $1.37tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2010
... (up 12 per cent), international fixed (up 9 per cent), private equity (up 5 per cent), Australian equities and listed property (both up 4 per cent), infrastructure and international equities (both flat), and unlisted property (down 5 per cent). Indexed ...

Direct property makes a comeback

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... figures show. Over a 10-year period, direct property has returned 8.8 per annum, more than treble the returns of listed property over the same period, with 2.8 per cent. Meanwhile, the correlation between listed property and conventional equities has ...

Invesco makes the case for global REITs

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
... Nothing pleases the ears of an Australian more than a compliment from an overseas visitor, but the news that our listed property market is the world's most efficient is something of a mixed bag for local investors. "You happen to live in the most transparent ...

Maritime restructures asset classes, doubles insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
... review this year. The trustee board of Maritime Super approved the consolidation of the fund's direct property and listed property asset classes under the 'property' banner. The restructure, which took place at the end of August, means the asset mix ...

Macquarie head of listed property departs

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
David Kivell, Macquarie's head of listed property, is leaving the company, Financial Standard can reveal. Sources told Financial Standard that Kivil is set to retire at the end of the year. It is understood that Macquarie will not seek a replacement ...