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Super funds post stellar returns - AREITs on top

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
... meanwhile achieved 14.4%, international fixed interest 11.2%, direct property 8.6%, domestic fixed interest 7.7% and cash 4.0%. AREITs posted the best performance, achieving 33%. "Super fund returns over the past year are now three times what consumers ...

Aussie shares to rally within a year: Russell

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
... attractiveness of defensive asset classes, with the combination of declining interest rates turning managers off cash. AREITS also experienced a dramatic decline in popularity, with bearish sentiment more than doubling to 36%. Bearish sentiment towards ...

AREIT-ASX correlation doubles post GFC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
Listed property returns have doubled their correlation with share market returns post GFC, reinforcing concerns AREITs continue to be wedged between the stock market and the strongly performing unlisted property sector, reveals new research from Rainmaker. ...

CBD vacancies hit 2-year low

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2011
... when its index delivered 70% losses. The good news however is that in the two years between July 2009 and June this year AREITs out-performed direct property, earning 12.9% per annum compared to 8.6%. Canberra has the highest office vacancy rate at 13.3% ...

Commercial property sales rebound: CBRE

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
... released by CB Richard Ellis. And while Australian super funds are dipping their toes back into the water ahead of the AREITs, the increased activity was driven primarily by the entry of Asian institutional investors into the domestic commercial property ...

Investors plough $7bn to commercial property

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
... Australian commercial property downturn started to take effect back in late 2007, resulting in the previous market dominators of AREITs and wholesale unlisted property managers clamp down on their spend. This opened the door for overseas investors to ...

MLC drops Challenger for Resolution

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2010
... team. The decision to allocate all funds to one manager reflects the concentration in the AREIT sector, where the top five AREITs represent around 75 per cent of the AREIT index. Resolution Capital's portfolio management team includes Andrew Parsons ...

Shared equity property posts 21pc growth

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
... interest from super funds looking for greater diversification. "Australian shares, international shares, hedge funds and AREITs are all very highly correlated, they offer super funds little diversification in downturns when they need it most," he said. ...

All not lost for LPTs

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
... repricing of assets. According to Ken Atchison, principle of Atchison consultants, Australian Real Estate Investment Trusts (AREITs) loss 30 per cent on average since June, compared with direct property's zero per cent returns. This is a huge divide ...

AREITs damaged by exuberance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2008
... they aren't REITs, they are hedge funds," said Nick Naboro, senior manager, Investment Property Databank. "I can name 17 AREITs with gearing ratios above 50 per cent and that makes them vulnerable to the credit markets," said Jonathon Kriska, property ...
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