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Property funds urged to keep lid on gearing

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2011
Property investment portfolios should be geared at no higher than 30 per cent, according to real estate investment experts. Speaking at an IMCA seminar, both Leigh Gavin, senior consultant and head of property research at Frontier and Stephen Hiscock ...

AMP Capital invests more into residential property

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
AMP Capital Investors renews its focus on property mandates with its residential property fund, Select Property Portfolio 3 (SPP3), and plans to launch its fourth fund this year. SPP3 is a close-ended, unlisted diversified fund that focuses on higher ...

ASIC withdraws property fund licence

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
Devgroup will wind up four property funds after ASIC revoked its financial services licence for failing to resolve ongoing breaches of licence conditions. The fund manager had been unable to meet net tangible assets and reporting obligations under the ...

HESTA posts bumper January returns

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
... fund Core Pool. The member-default fund is believed to have more than $10 billion in funds under management. The property fund showed the lowest return of 0.2 per cent - but it was still in positive territory for the group. According to Rainmaker research ...

Century Funds vies to take manager role from Opus

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
... questionable loans to other Opus funds. Opus Income & Capital Fund No. 21 is part of the Opus Capital Group, a specialist property fund manager. John McBain, chief executive at Century, said that the fund is in need of an injection of capital through ...

SMSFs pour more into property

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
Self-managed super funds (SMSFs) are increasingly looking to allocate more into real estate as the sector continues on its recovery path. Investors are looking again to alternatives such as property and infrastructure to bring in long-term returns as ...

Aust Unity sets its sights on instos

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
Australian Unity Investments is ramping up its institutional strategy this year. Martin Hession, head of property at AUI, said at a lunch last week that winning institutional mandates would be a key part of the firm's agenda this year, after having ...

Fidelity closes property fund

STANDARD & POOR'S RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2011
FIL Investment Management is terminating its Fidelity Global Property Securities fund, prompting Standard & Poor's Fund Services to withdraw its rating on the strategy. FIL Investment Management informed S&P's that the fund will be terminated on 28 ...

Veteran asset consultant to bridge gap: AXA IM

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2010
... all areas and where we have a gap, we'll fill that gap." For example, the local arm is in talks with a couple of property fund managers this year ahead of a planned offering in the sector. At present, AXA IM already has funds in private equity, global ...

Over Fifty becomes Centuria

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2010
Over Fifty Group has changed its name to Centuria Capital. Voted by shareholders at the latest annual general meeting, the name change is part of a comprehensive brand review of the company's products and services. John McBain, chief executive of Centuria ...