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Sydney house prices up 5-times national average

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2015
Reinforcing concerns over rising Sydney property prices, the ABS latest house price index reveals the harbour city's home prices to be rising more than 5-times faster than other capitals. In the 12 months to March 2015 the ABS reported Sydney prices ...

AustralianSuper, Brookfield in second US deal

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
Plans to have about 10% of AustralianSuper's fund assets allocated to property were bolstered by a second joint partnership with Brookfield Property Partners recently. The most recent partnership saw Brookfield sell AustralianSuper a 49% stake in eight ...

Australians ill prepared for financial future

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... place. In fact, less than one in 10 people aged 40 to 49 said they had a comprehensive financial plan in place for their property, investments, insurance, savings and budget." Head of alliance and distribution at Bridges Financial Services, Jason Kriss ...

ANALYSIS: The rise of the periphery

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... similar views and says that he is not exposed to Greece: "In a trip to Greece last month we went to visit a residential property complex because that's usually the best way to have a feel of what's happening on the ground. In nine out of the 10 apartments ...

Insync with beer

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
... by overseas companies, potentially leaving a gap for investors. Another way in to the alcohol market is investing in property funds directly focused on pubs and clubs. Both Charter Hall and BlackRock have expressed interest in the space recently. But ...

PROFILE: EISS chief executive Alex Hutchison

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... federal police to join for their investigative expertise following a number of corporate collapses, especially in the property trust arena. "That was a pretty good experience, working on a number of major cases. One at the time was the Rural Property ...

Federation Centres to rebrand as Vicinity Centres

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
... listed company within the FDC stapled group. The rebrand follows the merger between the Federation Centres and Novian Property Groups earlier this year that has now been implemented, a merger that should create a $22 billion combined group. The new brand ...

SMSF investors reducing cash and shares

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... investment selections. "Currently cash rates are reaching historic lows and there is a significant upward trend in direct property investment driven by low mortgage rates. However, loans in the investment mix are falling, raising questions about whether ...

Buffett insurer partners with IAG

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
... take over Berkshire's personal and SME businesses, while Berkshire will hold renewal rights to IAG's large-corporate property and liability insurance business. Speaking about the new partnership, Buffett said: "We have worked with IAG for more than 15 ...

Australian Unity to list office property fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
Australian Unity is proposing to list its office property fund on the Australian Securities Exchange. Announcing the proposal was Australian Unity real estate investment general manager, Mark Pratt, who said the fund's portfolio of properties has solid ...