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The CRED advantage: equity-like returns with the security of debt

With interest rates remaining elevated, commercial real estate debt (CRED) funds have emerged as an increasingly attractive option for investors. Offering stable, income-generating opportunities and attractive, risk-adjusted returns, these funds are gaining ground as one of the fastest-growing segments of the private debt market. Despite challenges in the broader real estate sector, including declining office valuations, structural tailwinds like housing undersupply in key markets, population growth, and the rise of e-commerce and data centres are driving long-term demand for CRED.

PropertyAlternative InvestmentInvestor EducationAsset Allocation
22 Nov 2024
 · Ankita Rai
 · 5 MIN READ

Why rate cuts aren’t bad news for mortgage funds

With interest rates at a decade-high and the RBA signalling potential rate cuts sometime next year, the current yields on mortgage funds present an attractive opportunity. Mortgage funds have gained traction as higher interest rates have made lending to the commercial real estate sector increasingly attractive. This shift has occurred while traditional property investments such as real estate investment trusts are facing significant valuation challenges. According to a recent report by investment firm Zagga, more investors are gravitating toward private real estate debt for property exposure in order to avoid the volatility typically associated with property markets. This trend is fuelled b

PropertyManaged FundInvestor Education
31 Oct 2024
 · Ankita Rai
 · 4 MIN READ

How to become a residential property mogul

If you’re the owner of one investment property, you’re the esteemed member of a 2.2 million club of wealth builders. Whilst owning one investment property is a great achievement, you may not be as well positioned as you think you are to generate the type of wealth most investors are aiming for in retirement care of their property portfolios.

PropertyInvestor Education
4 July 2024
 · Simon Turner
 · 8 MIN READ

Get ready for the next leg of the AI-powered data centre real estate boom

Despite the ongoing economic slowdown and persistently high office vacancy rates, there are promising signs that the commercial property market is gearing up for a rebound. The rapid expansion of the data centre sector, fuelled by the exponential growth of generative AI and cloud computing, is driving a noticeable surge in commercial real estate activity, both locally and globally. Major players in the industry, such as Equinix, Digital Realty, Blackstone, and Goodman Group, are ramping up their investments in this fast-growing sector, reflecting their widespread confidence in its potential.

PropertyInvestment ThemesInvestor EducationShares
13 June 2024
 · Ankita Rai
 · 6 MIN READ

The shifting sands of the property fund sector

The fastest rate rising cycle in history was always going to test the commercial property fund sector. With typical loan to value ratios of 40-70%, it’s an asset class which is at the mercy of the RBA’s cash rate decisions. As such, investors tend to be bullish on commercial property funds when rates are falling, but rising rates generally spell bearish sentiment.

PropertyManaged FundAsset Allocation
16 Feb 2024
 · Simon Turner
 · 6 MIN READ

What the great wealth transfer means for markets

The baby boomers have long been recognised as the wealthiest generation ever. But as per the famous expression, you can’t take it with you. With baby boomers’ ages ranging from fifty-nine to seventy-seven, there’s no escaping the fact we’re close to witnessing a passing of their wealth to the next generation. Given the extent of this impending wealth transfer, the investment implications of this thematic are worth being aware of.

Investor EducationInvestment ThemesProperty
21 Sept 2023
 · Simon Turner
 · 5 MIN READ

When tailwinds turn into headwinds

Commercial property has been a staple source of solid income returns and capital growth for decades, particularly in the unlisted world. However, a number of the strongest commercial property tailwinds have recently turned into headwinds, impacting upon the outlook for the various commercial property asset classes. Should investors reduce their commercial property exposure, or are these headwinds a short term opportunity in the making?

PropertyAsset AllocationInvestor Education
23 June 2023
 · Simon Turner
 · 7 MIN READ

Is now a good time to consider residential real estate funds?

Australian investors are well versed in the long list of ways to invest in commercial property. This explains why the commercial property investment sector is so large. The value of unlisted property trusts is estimated at $227 billion, while the listed property trust sector is valued at $144 billion (Property Council of Australia). Despite the commercial property sector’s fund raising success, few investors are aware of the emerging options to invest in funds in the residential real estate sector.

PropertyInvestor Education
18 May 2023
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 · 5 MIN READ

Millennials vs Boomers on home ownership – who’s right?

You’ve heard it all before – young people saying they’re priced out of the housing market because Baby Boomers and their Gen X partners in crime own all the good property. In response, plenty of older people argue that it’s always been a slog to buy a house, often pointing to 17% mortgage rates in the early 1990s.

PropertyInvestor Education
20 Feb 2023
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 · 5 MIN READ

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