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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
... over to its direct counterpart are unfounded 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 ...

Interest rates - when economics meets politics

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2008
... the ABC. Meanwhile if rates do go up as expected then the news just gets worse for the government because property investment groups are warning that landlords will have to pass on the rate rises as rent increases that could exceed 10 per cent. Making ...

EM property posts Q4 boom

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2008
... Malaysia, and China, all of which gained more than 50 per cent. To put in context however, Mark Wist, director at Property Investment Research, said high returns from emerging markets could be a result of minor announcements or events. "Emerging markets ...

Centro appoints new head

... the chief executive of New Plan, prior to its acquisition by Centro in April last year. Mark Wist, head of Property Investment Research (PIR) group's research and reporting division, said of the announcement, "The change in chief executive was almost ...

St Hilliers posts 5pc more

... combined value of more than $65 million. The group has recently closed the third in its series of unlisted property investment vehicles raising $50 million of equity from wholesale investors. Michelle Baltazar

Austock ploughs more into property

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2007
Austock will introduce new listed and unlisted property products next year, along with international equity and high yield funds, according to managing director Tim Boyle. The company will use the remaining $5.5 million of its $10.5 million float bounty ...

Big boys leaving Australian property

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2007
Institutional players are dropping their allocations to Australian property to as little as 11 per cent as they chase more and more international property, according to Ambassador Funds Management partner Richard Darke. Darke said some institutional ...

Asian property under the microscope: AEW

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2007
... available to Australian investors through Apostle Asset Management. Meanwhile Singapore is fast becoming a property investment regional hub and this presents big opportunities for investors who can identify the right deals. "There is more foreign capital ...

SG Hiscock and Stockland win PIR awards

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2007
... and the Stockland Trust Group have taken out the awards for Australia's best property managers at the annual Property Investment Research forum dinner held earlier this week. SG Hiscock & Company received the award for best Property Securities Fund Manager ...