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ASIC strikes back in Opus dispute

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2010
Legal wrangling over the future of a Brisbane-based property fund manager is continuing with ASIC filing an appeal against a Federal Court decision that looked to have provided the besieged property fund manager with a lifeline. ASIC cancelled Opus ...

Challenger buoyed by annuities, boutiques

JOHN MCDULING  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2010
The guaranteed income streams provided by annuities continue to prove popular with Australian retirees post GFC, with Challenger Financial Services posting another record quarter for its annuities' business. In figures released yesterday, Challenger ...

The ever-shrinking pool of property fund managers

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2010
The pool of direct property fund managers in Australia has almost halved since the GFC, research shows. Mark Wist, of Melbourne-based Atchison Consulting, said that the number of property fund managers in Australia has fallen from 1,043 back in 2008 ...

Equity Trustees calls for more from teeth behind RE reforms

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2010
Financial services firm Equity Trustees has welcomed the regulator's call for tighter rules around RE licensing and said any reforms must match the increasing complexities of fund products now available to investors. Harvey Kalman, head of funds management ...

SSgA ETF targets high yields

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2010
... addition to the latest product, SSgA offers the SPDR S&P/ASX 200, SPDR S&P/ASX50 and the SPDR S&P/ASX 200 Listed Property Fund to investors.

AMP buys Sydney office for Sunsuper

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
... Australian Direct Property Investment Association (ADPIA) released in May 2009 found that nearly half of 100 direct property fund managers said that the government guarantee on bank funding has hurt their business, either through increased redemptions ...

Aust Unity to buy Westpac FML

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2010
... total property funds under management to $1.7 billion. WFML is the responsible entity of the Westpac Diversified Property Fund (WDPF), with AUI agreeing to a number of processes including establishing liquidity in the fund through a series of three $10m ...

SG Hiscock wins $500 million AREIT mandate from Challenger

JOHN MCDULING  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010
... Standard. The funds in question are the Challenger Premier Property Securities Fund and the Challenger Wholesale Property Fund, previously managed by John Longo who will subsequently be leaving Challenger. Longo's departure follows that of John White ...

Aviva appoints senior roles in Asia Pacific

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2010
... several direct real estate funds including the company's flagship Asian real estate fund, Aviva Investors Asia Pacific Property Fund. McDonald will also oversee the development and launch of new funds and products. McDonald is joining Aviva from Cushman ...

Investors plough $7bn to commercial property

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
... office assets by North-American company Brookfield Properties Corporation and the $1.4 billion sale of the ING Retail Property Fund to Lend Lease and the Future Fund.