November 20th, 2024
Sam Sproats is an Executive Director Funds Management, for Growthpoint Properties Australia, an ASX-listed Real Estate Investment Trust which invests in high quality industrial and office properties across Australia. Sam...
October 29th, 2024
ASIC releases key DDO report ASIC has released a report on DDO (ASIC REP 795), which offers more guidance on distribution practices for product issuers, including consumer questionnaires. The...
October 8th, 2024
In yesterday’s boom market there was limited time for due diligence, which sometimes meant essential steps were overlooked, according to Dimity Lee, Associate Director of Investment Valuation and Capital Markets...
October 7th, 2024
Property Funds Association of Australia (PFA) has been invited to present to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services (PJC), regarding wholesale investor and client test thresholds, on...
September 19th, 2024
September 19th, 2024
In commercial property ESG presents a major opportunity to meet the growing expectation of investors for cleaner, greener, more socially conscious and well-governed investments, according to Damien Connell, Principal: Circular...
September 5th, 2024
A key decision in Oliver Hume Property Funds (Broad Gully Rd) Diamond Creek Pty Ltd v Commissioner of State Revenue [2024] VSCA 175 (8 August 2024) by the Victorian Court...
July 31st, 2024
July 29th, 2024
Plans to change the wholesale investor test thresholds, as part of Treasury’s review into managed investment schemes, have been shelved, according to an article in the Australian Financial Review. Economics...
June 20th, 2024
Some of the best returns available in commercial real estate involve sustainability upgrade projects, according to Davina Rooney, CEO of the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA), who discussed the...
May 13th, 2024
As build-to-rent moves from the niche to the mainstream there are several key considerations for success, according to Christian Grahame, Head of HOME, which is Australia’s largest build-to-rent platform developing...
May 9th, 2024
Louis Christopher, Managing Director and founder of highly regarded investment research firm, SQM Research, shared his insights into what makes a superior unlisted property fund at the PFA 2024 Conference...
May 8th, 2024
Market dislocation and bifurcation is creating significant investment opportunities for commercial real estate investors including superannuation funds, according to Mary Power, Principal Consultant at JANA Investment Advisers, who spoke at...
May 7th, 2024
There are many strong investment opportunities in commercial real estate but investors need to work harder for their returns, according to property investment analyst Benjamin Martin-Henry, Head of Real Assets...
April 10th, 2024
April 2nd, 2024