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Platforms hold sway over fund access

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
The lack of available funds on platforms, as well as the difficulty in being included, mean unlisted property funds remain only on the fringes of mainstream investment, a Property Investment Research (PIR) panel discussion has concluded. Panel members ...

AUI investors approve property fund merger

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
... Australian Unity Investments' (AUI) Second Industrial Trust (SIT) have voted in favour of a merge with AUI's Office Property Fund (OPF) at a meeting of investors in Melbourne. The proposal, which had the support of 89.8% of voters, will see the creation ...

AUI tips property fund merger

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
... seeking approval from investors in its Second Industrial Trust (SIT) to merge the trust with its flagship Office Property Fund (OPF). Investors in SIT will be eligible to vote on the proposal to create a $360 million property fund comprising commercial ...

AMP Capital sells out of Houston residential property complex

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
AMP Capital's Global Direct Property Fund has sold Cheval Apartments for US$63.6 million following a widely marketed sales campaign. Cheval Apartments is a 'multifamily' asset - a 387 unit residential complex which is centrally located near major employment ...

Australian Islamic finance presents opportunities

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... discussions with an unnamed Middle Eastern company with a view to setting up a $180 million mortgage fund, a $150 million property fund, a $180 million Sukuk fund and a $5 million asset-leasing fund. Kalam said that this deal could signal the start of ...

Austock Group company secretary resigns

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
Austock Group company secretary Amanda Gawne has resigned, to be replaced by the company's chief financial officer Enzo Silverii. It is understood that Silverii has already taken the reigns and according to an ASX announcement yesterday, he will be ...

Centuria appoints senior portfolio manager

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
Centuria Capital's property funds management subsidiary, Centuria Property Funds has appointed Victor Georos as senior portfolio manager. Georos will oversee the management of Centuria's assets, including the development and implementation of strategies ...

Industrial property funds draw SMSFs

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013
... trend through a Direct Industrial Fund (DIF) launched in 2011, as well as on DIF2, released on December 2012. The property fund manager raised $120 million in equities in two years under the DIF1 and is expecting to raise the same amount "a lot quicker" ...

APN launches new property fund

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2013
APN Property Group has launched a new unlisted, six-year, fixed term property fund called the APN 541 St Kilda Road fund. It will invest in an eight-storey commercial office building located at 541 St Kilda Road, Melbourne that will be bought for $28 ...

AUI makes property team appointment

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
Investment manager Australian Unity Investments (AUI) announced today the appointments of Peter Lambden as head of Property and Asset Management and Mark Lumby as head of Property Funds and Retail. AUI made the changes to the Property Funds management ...