September 26th, 2022
Huge change is ahead for commercial property and property funds as governments and corporates sign up to Net Zero targets and drive the push toward sustainable buildings, according to Annabel...
September 21st, 2022
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors within commercial real estate investment are becoming more influential: ESG was a major focal point of discussion at this year’s PFA 2022 Conference and...
August 25th, 2022
We were lucky to have Esther Kerr-Smith, CEO Wealth & Capital Markets at Australian Unity Wealth, join a recent PFA Women’s Mentoring Lunch to discuss her career, successes, challenges and...
August 24th, 2022
ASIC’s recent enforcement action in relation to unlisted property funds is instructive for PFA members, particularly regarding the design and distribution obligations (DDO) regime under the Corporations Act, which commenced...
August 24th, 2022
Property funds now have an alternative to the Managed Investment Scheme (MIS) structure, after the new Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle (CCIV) regime commenced on 1 July 2022. The CCIV structure...
August 8th, 2022
July 5th, 2022
ASIC has shown it is more prepared to take action against AFSL holders which aren’t adequately monitoring cybersecurity risks or taking their cybersecurity risk management seriously. In what has been...
June 23rd, 2022
Social Infrastructure is not new in commercial property investment, but there has been an ‘awakening’ in the sector, according to Ryan Banting, General Manager Social Infrastructure at Australian Unity. Mr...
June 20th, 2022
Investment in property technology (proptech) is on the rise, yet sorting the wheat from the chaff is a challenge, according to Sheridan Ware, Chief Information & Technology Officer at Charter...
June 20th, 2022
June 1st, 2022
The full article can be viewed on The Property Tribune Issues surrounding Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) in commercial property was a strong theme at the Property Funds Association (PFA)...
May 26th, 2022
Australian commercial property continues to look attractive to global capital, according to David Green-Morgan, Head of Asia Pacific Real Estate Research at MSCI Real Capital Analytics, speaking on global fund...
May 4th, 2022
March 16th, 2022
March 3rd, 2022
Ryan Neary, Head of Financial & Professional Lines, GSA speaks to us on where he currently sees the cyber market, how it’s changing and some of the key cyber messages...
February 10th, 2022
A recent PFA Learning Series polled professionals working in or with the unlisted funds management community on some key issues facing the sector. The event, on Raising and Deploying Capital...