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Another DIY take on home ownership

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2007
... in the trust. Unlike many managed funds where investors receive a regular cash payment, those who invest in this property fund won't receive regular cash distributions but are entitled to a profit based on 130 per cent of the portfolio's capital growth ...

MPG eyes commercial property

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2007
Melbourne based property funds manager MPG Funds Management (MPG) has launched its $62 million Enterprise Property Trust (Trust) to allow Australian investors access to commercial properties within Australia. The company aims to raise more than $17 ...

Mirvac appoints exec

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2007
Mirvac Funds Management (MFM) has appointed Chris Packett to director of real estate equity funds. Packett will manage the recently acquired Domaine Property with $750 million in committed assets under management across five unlisted property trusts ...

Merger to create $10bn property fund

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2007
... proposed merger between their Shopping America Trust and Retail Trust is set to create Australia's ninth largest property fund, with assets worth $10.1 billion. Subject to a shareholder vote, the merger will give the stagnant American Trust a leg-up ...

Future Fund appoints former QIC head strategist

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2007
... mandates from traditional hybrid fund mandates. In March, the group also injected $30 million in an intellectual property fund with the aim to capture returns from so-called "incubator assets". "The days of just putting your money into equities and bonds ...

Stop chasing artificial yields: PIR

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2007
... other innovations. But that strategy won't stack up in a bear market and gives investors a false picture of the property fund. "This can be potentially misleading to investors in terms of the yield generating power of the portfolio, if not an outright ...

Property portfolio changes at EISS, ISPT

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2007
The Energy Industries Superannuation Scheme (EISS) and the Industry Superannuation Property Trust (ISPT) are making key changes to their property portfolio. The industry super fund property manager ISPT has added two US assets in California and North ...

Opus appoints senior officers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2007
Brisbane boutique property fund manager, Opus Capital Group, has announced two senior appointments with Neil Ferguson becoming the new chief executive and Steven Goakes becoming co-chairman and director. Ferguson was formerly chief operating officer ...

Funds SA puts faith in property

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2007
... critical for Australian investors to get right," he said. Clients can access the investment through the Russell Global Property Fund I (GPF I) - a global property fund-of-funds investing in various unlisted funds targeting direct property in Asia, Europe ...

SMSFs and mergers drive Macq property fund growth

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2007
Macquarie Direct Property Fund (MDPF) today announced assets under management increased by almost 200 per cent over the past 12 months through a series of mergers and acquisitions that tipped in over $800m. The fund also experienced another successful ...