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Real estate under threat

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
... sales and devaluation of their funds, says a US property investment expert. The slow trickling of cash flows into the global REITs sector has forced some funds to liquidate their property portfolios and meet redemption requests, said LaSalle Investment ...

Morgan Stanley launches Aus Eq fund

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2008
... Fund is an actively-managed and highly concentrated fund that seeks to outperform the Benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index (ex A-REITs) over the medium to long term. The latest Mercer survey of Australian long only equity funds performance in the 12 months to ...

BlackRock cuts 10 staff

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
... leave, was appointed senior A-REIT portfolio manager starting in February. Nadeem Hussian moves to an analyst role covering A-REITs in addition to his direct property responsibilities. Paul Healy, BlackRock Australia remains managing director of property ...

AREITs damaged by exuberance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
... Baillieu at the PIR property research conference yesterday. "Australian Real Estate Investment Trusts (AREIT); they aren't REITs, they are hedge funds," said Nick Naboro, senior manager, Investment Property Databank. "I can name 17 AREITs with gearing ...

Malaysia boosts REITs

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2008
The Malaysian Securities Commission has reviewed its guidelines on Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) to improve the country's attractiveness as a destination for REIT listings. The guidelines, which are in line with internationally accepted standards ...

Reporting season hikes A-REITs worth

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2008
APN Funds Management (APN FM) is trumpeting the return of value to the A-REIT sector, but the fund manager also singled out this year's reporting season as the crux in restoring full investor confidence in the asset class. The $4.3 billion APN FM singled ...

State Super awards $39m property mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2008
... offshore. In the listed property space, we're increasing our exposure to global REIT's and reducing our exposure to Australian REITs," he said.

Vietnam the next LPT hotspot

... accountants in 12 countries. It found that over the next year or two, companies will increase the size of their existing REITs rather than launch new ones, but that this trend will be reversed in three to five years. The theme of local LPT managers going ...

Dinosaur fund taxes should be scrapped: Bowen

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
... gains tax regime, dividend imputation and Division 6C. The costs and benefits of establishing a separate taxing regime for REITs will also be scoped, along with the benefits of extending relevant aspects of the recommended tax changes to other trusts. ...

Asian REITs continue to sizzle

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2008
... comparatively easy and cost-effective means of accessing these markets. "In certain Asian markets such as Hong Kong and Singapore, REITs are beginning to mature as an asset class. As an investment instrument, REITs generally offer the longer-term investor ...