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China should have hardlanded

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... nine months to September - the slowest in 15 year -- down from 16.1% in the same period last year. Over the same period, property investment gained only 2.6%, significantly slower than the 12.5% rate recorded in the first nine months of 2014. Into domestic ...

PROFILE: Blue Sky managing director Mark Sowerby

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... government in 2005. Blue Sky Private Equity was established in July 2006 as a private equity, venture capital and unlisted property business. Sowerby got his second huge piece of luck after deciding to take the Private Equity and Venture Capital course ...

Property funds acquire Sydney, Perth property

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... properties in Sydney and Perth worth over $30 million. Folkestone has entered into a 50/50 joint venture with Sydney property developer Lyon Group Australia to acquire development rights over 59.7 hectares in Sydney's north-west. The area is currently ...

DomaCom added to managedaccounts.com.au

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
Managedaccounts.com.au has added fractional property fund manager DomaCom to its platform. Managed accounts offer portfolios created to meet specific investment needs but until now, real property has been under-represented on platforms. "Property is ...

Challenger annuity sales grow 12 per cent

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... investment assets at 30 September 2015 were $13 billion, up $0.2 billion for the quarter mainly due to net book growth. Property as a percentage of total Life investment assets increased from 23% to 25% over the quarter with an offsetting reduction in ...

WBC rate lift pressures RBA rate cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2015
... changed RBA rate cut expectations from "maybe" to "sure thing baby" - even as early as next month - after it raised its property mortgage rates - owner-occupied and residential investment - by 20 basis points effective 20 November. More so, if the other ...

UBS releases mFund basket

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
... Tactical Beta Fund - Balanced, UBS Tactical Beta Fund - Growth, UBS Tactical Beta Fund - Conservative, UBS Clarion Global Property Securities Fund and UBS Property Securities Fund. "We are excited to add eleven of our core funds onto the mFunds settlement ...

AMP Capital appoints NZ property manager

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
AMP Capital has appointed a new portfolio manager for its New Zealand property fund. Nick Cobham joins AMP Capital from New Zealand property investment firm Property for Industry Limited, where he was joint general manager. He has also held management ...

Are Aussies super know-it-alls?

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2015
... enough income for a comfortable retirement. Fifty-five per cent of Australians will use additional income sources such as property and employment to supplement their superannuation and about 11% will rely on inheritance. ING DIRECT chief executive Vaughn ...

Equity Trustees appoints new CFO

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015
... begins his new role in 2016. Gentry has more than 25 years' experience in leadership positions at financial services, property, agribusiness, international trade, commodities and logistics businesses. The hire follows the permanent appointment of Geoff ...