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CommBank Officers Super shuts property option

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
... had $5.9 billion at the end of last year according to data from Rainmaker Information, is closing its direct property investment option due to difficulties in maintaining sufficient liquidity levels and diversification. However, members will retain exposure ...

Rio Tinto fund tightens buy/sell spread

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2009
... the conservative option prior to the changes was 0.19 per cent. The spread now sits at 0.15 per cent. The property investment option meanwhile saw its buy/sell spread fall from 2.14 per cent to 1.71 per cent earlier this year. According to the newsletter ...

Blackstone closes real estate fund

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2009
While many real estate trusts struggle to find investments, Blackstone Group has closed its latest real estate fund which was oversubscribed by 20 per cent. The Blackstone Group has announced the final closing of its latest real estate fund, Blackstone ...

Russell overhauls diversified funds

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2009
... Russell Balanced fund, which has increased the investment ranges of every asset class it invests in. The fund's property investment range has moved from 2-12 per cent to 0-17 per cent and fixed interest has broadened from 20-30 per cent to 18-38 per ...

Three FMs pull S&P property ratings

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
AXA Australia, BlackRock and Tankstream Capital have dropped the Standard & Poor's rating on certain property funds. The funds were rated by Standard & Poor's between 2007 and mid 2008 but were placed 'on hold' in August last year when each fund suspended ...

LMW Invest teams up with Denison

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
LMW Invest and The Denison Group have formed a joint venture aimed at delivering traditional syndicated property investments to retail investors. An eight level office tower in North Sydney, with forecast fund yield of 9 per cent, is the first building ...

Instos hold the ace in direct property

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
... either through increased redemptions or decreased inflows, according to new research by the Australian Direct Property Investment Association (ADPIA). With retail investors' flight to cash, many direct fund property managers are feeling the pinch. This ...

PIR sold to Aegis

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
Specialist research house Property Investment Research has been bought by Aegis Equities Research. According to an email that was circulated among PIR clients, Aegis plans to continue running PIR as a standalone business. However, there are "a number ...

AUI opens unlisted property fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
... Property Trust - Sunshine Homemaker Centre, Property Syndicate - Wyong, Retail Property Trust and Regional Retail Property Investment make up the new fund. Combining the trusts and syndicates means the fund manager is able to negotiate better terms and ...

Advisers turn to unlisted property

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2009
Nine out of ten advisers are considering investing 15 per cent of their client portfolios into unlisted property investments this year, following last year's listed property trust (LPT) fallout. A survey of over 1,200 advisers conducted by Trilogy Funds ...