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ADPIA appoints new president

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2009
The Australian Direct Property Investment Association has appointed Robert Olde, executive director of Questus, Perth, as president. Olde replaces Linden Toll, director of marketing and distribution at LMW Invest, as president. Adam Murchie of Drapac ...

CFS and Brookfield scoop property awards

PIR RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
Property Investment Research (PIR) has awarded CFS Retail Property Trust (CFX) as the A-REIT of the Year and Brookfield Secured Bonds as the Product of the Year at the research firm's annual forum held this month. The awards were presented at PIR's ...

Future Fund trumps market, but only just

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
... 41.1 per cent to only 31.6 per cent of total assets). While not quite as sizeable in dollar terms, the fund's property investment rose 71 per cent, up from $757 million to $1.2 billion during the quarter. Last month, it was reported by another media ...

Mercer and IPD develop unlisted prop index

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2009
Mercer and IPD have teamed up to provide a more robust approach to indexing unlisted property investments. The index, Mercer/IPD Australian Pooled Property Fund Index replaces the existing Mercer Unlisted Property Funds Index and the IPD Australian ...

AMP Cap, Cbus and Galileo join forces

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2009
AMP Capital Investors, Cbus Property and Galileo Group have joined forces in a residential property deal believed to have secured one of the largest funding from banks this year. The property, The Residence Hyde Park, is located on College Street in ...

Future Fund guardian joins Coffey International

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2009
... Commonwealth Bank, including group executive, investment and insurance services. Mulcahy has also headed Lend Lease Property Investment as chief executive, and played a similar role in Civil and Civic. He is an industry veteran with over 27 years management ...

Lonsec recommends AUI property fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2009
Australian Unity Investments' (AUI) Property Income Fund has been upgraded to 'Recommended' by Lonsec. According to an AUI press statement, this makes AUI's fund one of only two products in the research house's hybrid property securities sector to achieve ...

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 ...