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Instalment warrants spice up property portfolio

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2008
Self-managed super funds (SMSFs) have traditionally favoured direct property investment as a lucrative money making asset. Now instalment warrants are being hailed as the latest vehicle to help them grow their unlisted property portfolio. SMSF superannuation ...

High rates pose threat to direct property

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
... because the real threat lies in increasing rates, according to Property Investment Research (PIR). The Australian direct property sector's assets grew 14 per cent or $24.7 billion in 2007, up from $21.6 billion from the year before, noted new research ...

Double the super for wealthier Australians

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2008
... proceeds contributed to more tax-effective super. Nearly 40 per cent of these investors also possess stakes in direct property, and are notably big users of debt. The report added that traditional diversified investors and all-equity investors would ...

Ray White snaps up Woolies property

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2008
... the vanguard of new acquisitions - with some even picking up a shopping centre or two along the way. Specialist direct property funds management group Ray White Invest recently embarked on a joint acquisition with private retail developer, Blair Group ...

Standing in the eye of the storm

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
... I also think we'll start to see some people who will shun the share market and start to position themselves in direct property, so unlisted property type vehicles could be a beneficiary of what's happening in the market right now," he said.

SMSFs keep portfolios unchanged

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2008
... respondents said they were likely to invest in international shares and 22 per cent said they were "interested" in direct property. The report said the strong response to direct property could be a result of legislative changes that allows SMSF users ...

The secret to MTAA's success

... long-term cash flows" and growth. For example, MTAA Super is a long time investor in infrastructure assets and direct property. In 2006, the fund entered into a joint venture with Bio Innovation SA, a world class research and development entity and facility. ...

EISS offloads direct property

NSW-based industry superannuation fund Energy Industries Superannuation Scheme has sold its entire direct property portfolio for $225 million with plans to redirect the proceeds into global listed and unlisted property trusts. The group has sold Macquarie ...

SG Hiscock and Stockland win PIR awards

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2007
... property income funds and are distributed into the market through Equity Trustees. Stocklands is a diversified direct property development group with around $28 billion in property under management across Australia, the UK and Europe that include retail ...

The $10 million sustainable punt

... serious corporate governance issues," said Robertson. LGSS raised the stakes further when it subjected all its direct property investments through an SRI check too. In August, it bought a nine-storey Sydney CBD building which it will convert into a 100 ...