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Trust in Asian REITs

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2006
Trust Company of Australia (Trust) has unveiled plans to expand into the Asian market by opening offices in both Hong Kong and Singapore in a move to becoming a trustee of real estate investment trusts (REITs). Trust managing director, Jonathan Sweeney ...

Global REITs on the go: ipac

... "template" for other governments to follow. He added that not all parts of Asia were ready to come on-stream with REITs and REIT-friendly legislation just yet, but it was an area he was watching. According to Carroll, governments would eventually be ...

Westpac flags billion dollar play in residential REIT

... plus shopping spree in domestic residential property and has launched the first residential real estate investment trust (REIT) in Australia. The country's fourth largest bank has beaten St George and Macquarie Bank to the punch by planting its stake ...

Macquarie global REIT fund 'recommended': Zenith

... its recommended list. According to David Smythe, director, Zenith Investment Partners, the trust is the first listed global REIT product in Australia and offers investors access to the emerging asset class. "The trust has addressed the issue of expected ...

TWUSUPER throws weight behind alternatives

TWUSUPER has cast tradition aside and has increased its asset allocation to 'alternatives' from 3 per cent to more than 25 per cent, with plans to spend at least $500 million in the asset class. After a comprehensive investment review done with Mercer ...

ASIC moves forward with reverse mortgage calculator

With the proliferation of reverse mortgages, ASIC has launched a calculator to assist older Australians who are considering a reverse mortgage option. Mindful of the significant increase in reverse mortgage products now on the market - from three up ...

Property funds looking for offshore or unlisted investments

A comparative review of Australian property securities funds has found that domestic crowding is increasingly forcing local property managers to look offshore for investments. Managed Investment Assessments (MIA), as part of its research alliance with ...

Russell expand ahead of Asian property push

... tipped that there will be a growing number of global pension funds as well as Australian investors competing in the region for REIT and private real estate opportunities. "The property sector has globalised rapidly over the past 2-3 years and investors ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2005
... stocks extending gains made in the previous session after a Fed minutes report and ahead of the trading debut of the Link REIT initial public offering. The Hang Seng Index ended up 22.04 points at 15,084.39. WELLINGTON - The sharemarket finally showed ...

REITs set for explosive growth: Cohen & Steers

... growth in coming years and the trend will be global, says Cohen & Steers. Bob Steers, founder of US portfolio managers and REIT specialists, Cohen & Steers, says while the trend will be global Asia will however be the main focus. Visiting Australia from ...