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Aon offers auto rebalancing service

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2010
... options is at least 5 percentage points higher or lower than their intended allocation. However, the direct property investment option cannot be automatically rebalanced, due to the illiquid nature of its underlying investments. Aon Master Trust is also ...

Property recovery reignites super fund war

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
Australia's recovering commercial property market fuelling the bounce back in the direct property sector, combined with share returns turning south, has dented the retail super surge and put industry funds back in the market lead. CB Richard Ellis has ...

Maritime restructures asset classes, doubles insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2010
The $3 billion Maritime Super combined its listed and direct property investments under one asset class, merged its absolute return and alternatives portfolios and doubled its insurance cover for members as part of a fund review this year. The trustee ...

MLC nabs PM from Alliance Bernstein

NEWS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2010
MLC has appointed a new portfolio manager for property and unlisted assets. Stuart Keighran has joined the investment manager from Alliance Bernstein, and will be responsible for MLC's property and unlisted asset strategies. Keighran will undertake ...

AMP buys Sydney office for Sunsuper

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
... for savvy institutional investors since the sector's slump last year. Research from the Australian Direct Property Investment Association (ADPIA) released in May 2009 found that nearly half of 100 direct property fund managers said that the government ...

China not heading for a property bust

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
... cities they intend to buy. "They're trying to stop property speculation and hopefully reduce the interest in property investment," she said. Turn to Chinese citizens' relatively low gearing ratios and investors will find another indicator to support ...

Charter Hall to launch industrial property fund

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2010
Listed property group Charter Hall, which early this year bought Macquarie's core real estate management platform, responds to SMSF demand for direct property investments with the launch of a new industrial fund. Richard Stacker, previously at Macquarie ...

Valad wins $700m property mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2010
Valad Property Group has won a $700 million mandate from Kefren Properties IX AB to manage the firm's real estate portfolio in Sweden. According to a press statement, the Kefren portfolio consists of 150 properties spanning more than 827,000sqm of lettable ...

Direct property with a social conscience

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
A social finance group has launched a direct property investment strategy with a difference, allowing wholesale investors to gain a return while also assisting community aid organisations. Social Investment Australia's Community Investment fund invests ...

Asset Super tops up direct property

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
Top performing super fund Asset Super is increasing its exposure to unlisted property, after investing another $16 million into Lend Lease funds. The $1 billion-plus Asset Super, following a recommendation from its asset consultant, Mercer, recently ...