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Investment flows into Australian commercial real estate are likely to be dominated by the USA and Japan in 2025, with Singapore also becoming a more important regional player. That’s according to Andrew Cannane, senior executive director and head of Real Estate, Asia Pacific at CSC.

Property Funds Association of Australia (PFA) recently made a submission to ASIC regarding its Consultation Paper 383: Reportable situations and internal dispute resolution data publication (CP 383), which proposes increasing the visibility of breach and complaints data for managed funds.

The Property Funds Association of Australia (PFA) recently made a submission to ASIC’s private markets discussion paper, and made the argument against greater regulation of private markets in Australia.

The PFA’s Issues and Regulatory Committee (IRC) recently met with the financial regulator, ASIC, to discuss the latest regulatory issues impacting unlisted property funds.

This is part of a regular meeting PFA has with the regulator, and we always appreciate ASIC making the time to engage with PFA.

The property investment industry has a major role to play in creating more sustainable cities, with the value and longevity of property assets increasingly linked to their environmental footprint, according to Bruce Precious, Principal Consultant at Six Capitals Consulting, who spoke about sustainable cities at the PFA 2025 Conference on the Gold Coast.

AI is playing a bigger role in areas like investor communications, compliance processes, property management and more for unlisted property funds. But whether AI delivers on its promise depends not just on tools but mindset, according to a recent industry panel discussion on AI as part of the PFA 2025 Conference held on the Gold Coast.

Women are forecast to control 65% of Australia’s wealth by 2035 and financial services firms who are not talking to women are leaving money on the table, according to Natalie Irvine, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer at non-bank lender, RedZed, who was speaking at the PFA 2025 Conference on the Gold Coast.

The retail sector is showing interesting dynamics in Australia’s commercial real estate sector, with a growing investment appetite for the asset class, according to Benjamin Martin-Henry, Head of Private Asset Research Pacific at MSCI.

Australian commercial real estate markets are showing signs of positive change, according to Benjamin Martin-Henry, Head of Private Asset Research Pacific at MSCI.

ASIC publishes insights from Reportable Situations Regime

Greg Preston and Benjamin Martin-Henry discuss the current state-of-play in property, at a time where the greatest certainty is change.

The wholesale investor test thresholds will remain unchanged, after the parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services (PJC) issued its report on the wholesale investor test inquiry, which commenced in March 2024.