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Austock bid on ice

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012
A trading halt placed on the Austock Group may impact Mariner Corporation's takeover bid for the company. The trading halt followed reports that Austock chief executive Bill Bessemer was in talks with Folkestone Limited about a joint venture to run ...

MLC property fund faces leadership change

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
MLC global property securities fund portfolio manager Stuart Keighran is stepping down, according to research house Standard & Poor's. Keighran will relinquish his portfolio management responsibilities to Jonathan Armitage, head of equities and Australian ...

AUI opens Office Property Fund to new investment

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2012
Australian Unity Investments has re-opened the Office Property Fund to investment, which has been closed since 2008 and will offer a capped withdrawal opportunity for redemptions from the Fund. Australian Unity Investments (AUI) acquired the Office ...

Arena appoints general manager

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
Arena Investment Management has named Robert de Vos as general manager, property. Prior to joining Arena, de Vos held senior roles with Jones Lang LaSalle, Becton Property Group, Savills and boutique property funds management company Ceramic Funds Management ...

Property syndicate launches for HNW and SMSFs

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2012
... continued demand for high quality office space over the medium term." Charter Hall Direct Property is an unlisted property fund manager, with approximately $1.5bn of real estate assets across the commercial, retail and industrial sectors under management ...

Centro MCS proposes DPF wind-up

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012
Centro MCS has informed unitholders of the proposed wind up and termination of its Centro Direct Property Fund. The move follows the redemption of more than 93% of units in the Direct Property Fund (DPF) after the Centro group restructured in December ...

APFG hits back at claims

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012
... Trilogy tactic has been to secure enough votes through irrevocable power of attorneys to call a meeting and take over property fund management rights for its own benefit. "The tactic has effectively removed investors' rights to control their own investment ...

Ausgrowth unitholders revolt against APGF

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
Nearly 1000 unitholders invested in four property funds, the remaining part of the Austgrowth property syndicates portfolio, have called meetings to remove the fund manager and Responsible Entity, APGF Management and install Cyre Trilogy Group. The ...

Australian private wealth firm selects US property

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
... take advantage of favourable US funding conditions. It is the first investment made by the Equiti US Multifamily Property Fund following a 12-month search in conjunction with US partners, Riverstone Residential. Debt funding was secured from Fannie Mae ...

Appeal for property in healthcare and retirement

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
Investors should carefully evaluate sector and location before making decisions on property, according to one fund manager. While property is increasingly being seen as a way to achieve a mix of income and capital growth in investment portfolios, understanding ...