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Zurich's three-year health check spur mandate changes

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2009
... Australia was probably over-represented in terms of the REIT market. Now we've seen those overseas market open up to listed property as an asset class so Australia's relative importance globally has diminished," he said. "There's also a view that there's ...

CommBank Officers Super shuts property option

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
... pocketed 9.8 per cent return over the past five years to June 09, against the 8.6 per cent loss for Australian listed property trusts during the same period. Direct property was also found to carry less volatility at 5 per cent compared with LPTs' 21.8 ...

Investors flock to listed property ETFs

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2009
The number of State Street Global Advisors' (SSgA) listed property exchange traded fund (ETF) units on issue has nearly quadrupled in 18 months. The number SPDR S&P/ASX 200 Listed Property Fund ETF units rose from just over five million to a touch under ...

UniSuper seeks head of property

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2009
... officer, John Pearce. The person will be in charge of developing and refining UnSuper's strategy in direct and listed property markets. Building relationships with industry representatives including advisers, fund managers and co-investors will also ...

ESSSuper reviews Aussie eq, eyes alternatives

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
... return, but with less volatility. These "alternative - growth" assets currently include investment grade credit, listed property, hedge funds, private equity and infrastructure. The fund may also consider tapping timber and commodity investments in the ...

Russell property fund goes global

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2009
... over the long term by providing exposure to a diversified portfolio of predominantly international and Australian listed property securities, largely hedged in Australian dollars.

YMCA fund introduces fixed interest

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
... Generally, around 80 per cent of the Growth Strategy's assets are invested in pure growth assets, such as shares and listed property. Around 20 per cent is allocated to defensive fixed interest assets such as cash, Government securities and hybrid investments. ...

Alpha selects Pengana volatility strategy

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2009
... suite provides access to large, mid and small cap Australian shares, global shares, fixed interest securities and listed property. The fund manager is a wholly owned subsidiary of Infocus Wealth Management.

Progressive trumps all with simple strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2009
... million to Australian shares, $4 million in mortgages, more than $3 million in cash and the remainder invested in listed property trusts and Australian fixed interest. Progressive Superannuation Plan has around 150 members and charges a cover-all fee ...

AMP Capital targets Japanese savings

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
... thinking was to have that and then consolidate," said Clarke. AMP Capital already provides Australian bond funds and listed property trusts to Japanese retail investors. So far, AMP Capital has been able to raise $4 billion from Japanese investors. Clarke ...