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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 ...

Residential property wins

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
Residential property investment is the highest performing asset class over the last 20 years according to latest research, and one way to access it is to buy into pooled residential property funds. Lee Hughes, analyst at property research specialist ...

Zenith wins clients and adds to team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2009
Zenith Investment Partners has won four new clients, appointed former Property Investment Research (PIR) associate director, Dugald Higgins, to manage its new direct property research division and added an additional investment analyst, Graeme Miller ...

Real estate under threat

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
... class if property fund managers are not transparent about the sales and devaluation of their funds, says a US property investment expert. The slow trickling of cash flows into the global REITs sector has forced some funds to liquidate their property ...