4 February 2010 | It has become difficult to gauge the true extent of gearing for many REITs, which require greater transparency in reporting, PKF chartered accountants has stated.
3 February 2010 | ING Clarion is optimistic about the state of real estate investment trusts (REITs) in 2010, predicting solid growth and a total return from global REITs of between 5 per cent and 15 per cent.
13 January 2010 | AMP Capital Investors is hoping to build a long-term property funds management business in Asia, and has now completed the final steps in establishing its Singapore joint venture REIT fund.
12 January 2010 | Credit Suisse has refreshed its REITs research team following the team’s defection to Citibank last year.
23 June 2009 | Following the recent downturn of real estate, calls are being made for the listed property sector to focus on new fee structures and governance issues.
17 June 2009 | Good REITs are being discounted to net tangible assets because of their debt structure, according to the chief executive of property manager Real Estate Capital Partners.
12 June 2009 | Will take time before investor confidence is completely recovered, due to severity of the sector slump earlier this year.
29 April 2009 | Global real estate investment trusts (REITs) trading at 20 per cent discounts to net asset value as a result of fall.
17 April 2009 | Research house Morningstar offers qualitative assessment of 15 global listed property strategies; says fully-hedged funds will miss out this year and it's time to re-establish investor confidence.
23 March 2009 | Despite the ongoing pressure on the listed property sector, this manager believes the long-term benefits will create results. MacarthurCook is now selling down holdings in unlisted vehicles to reduce its debt levels.
12 March 2009 | ASIC's deputy chairman, Jeremy Cooper, has flagged the regulator’s intention to take an increasing role in the education of retail investors, but should this be the regulator’s focus?
21 May 2007 | MLC has made its global property strategy more readily accessible to investors with the introduction of a global property sector fund.
1 May 2007 | The findings of a new report into property by Standard & Poor’s suggests investors need to review their current portfolio allocations to residential property due to the low yields currently being produced by the asset class.