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Meridien and AMP Capital Investors form $1bn team

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2007
... long-term property and management solutions. We're keen to combine our core skills with AMP Capital Investors' property funds management capabilities," he said. "The retirement sector was firmly on our radar because it's been a somewhat fragmented industry ...

Direct property is back, but now its global: Macq

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2007
... exceed A$23 billion, including more than 700 properties across a global portfolio of seven listed and 18 unlisted property funds.

Hybrid property funds up 400 per cent

The hybrid property funds sector has grown into a $6 billion industry in the past two years, a massive 400 per cent increase, according to property investment research firm Managed Investment Assessments (MIA). MIA director Anton Lawrence said that ...

Centro gets Zenith's tick of approval

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2007
... have also lowered the risk profile of the DPFI by enhancing diversification. Alan Hayden, manager - Centro direct property funds, said, "We are delighted to be rated by Zenith and to be recognised as its best of breed manager for retail property. Centro ...

Morningstar buys S&P managed fund data business

... Dalton said that they now intend to focus on expanding their ratings team. "We'll be launching fund ratings on property funds, unlisted property syndicates and further down the track, alternative asset classes." He said the ratings team will be unchanged ...

Vision Super eyes shopping sprees in China

... in core Australia direct property." Meanwhile, to bump up local property returns, the fund awarded mandates to property funds with a private equity flavour, namely $30 million to the Investa Enhanced Fund and $20 million to the Gresham Property Fund ...

MIA predicts property slump by 2010

... international investors shifting out of the local LPT market. For example, Lawrence said that the country's listed property funds were "travelling comfortably" up until April last year when the Bank of Japan raised interest rates and forced global hedge ...

S&P adds two to fund ratings team

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2007
... Westpac Institutional Bank working on financial modelling, market risk analysis and research on listed and unlisted property funds. S&P's head of fund ratings, Mark Hoven, said the two new resources would give S&P greater capacity to undertake more research ...

Sovereign MF building up its aged care portfolio

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2006
Boutique property funds manager and developer Sovereign MF has acquired a $5.2 million aged care facility for its Sovereign Viculus Aged Care Property Fund. The Evanelia by the Sea aged care facility is located in Parkdale, Victoria, and is made up ...

Pentacle expands distribution through planning groups

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2006
Pentacle Property Funds Management has entered into strategic partnerships with a suite of financial planning groups in a move towards widening distribution for Pentacle products. Pentacle announced it had entered into agreements with a range of groups ...