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Property

25 Feb 2020

Tax free property income funds: an attractive income stream for the future

By Janice Roberts

The end of February marks the start of the new tax year and it’s time for investors in a Tax Free Savings Account (TFSA) to either make their lump sum investment of R33 000 or a series of regular investments in order to take full advantage of the tax benefits offered by SARS for these type of savings vehicles.

05 Feb 2020

Momentum Investments appoints new portfolio manager and equity analyst

By Janice Roberts

Momentum Investments says it is pleased to announce the appointment of Lawrence Koikoi as portfolio manager and equity analyst in Momentum Investments’ listed property team.
15 Jan 2020

Ashburton favours bonds, listed property for best returns in 2020

By Janice Roberts

Ashburton Investments, the asset management arm of the FirstRand Group, is looking to government bonds and listed property to provide the best risk-adjusted returns on the local front for South African investors in 2020.  And the asset manager remains constructive on global equities, particularly in emerging markets.  Nico Els, Multi Asset Strategist at Ashburton Investments, said...
20 Dec 2019

2019: A Property Review

By Janice Roberts

Amidst a tough socio-economic environment and bold question marks being raised around political and public enterprise situations, this year has seen so many encouraging results and positive starting blocks for 2020 for South Africa. In an epic lead up to their victory, the Springboks have taken the Rugby World Cup win for the 3rd time;...
29 Nov 2019

Metope launches high yield property income fund

By Janice Roberts

Markets move in cycles. Anyone currently invested in a portfolio of local equities or listed property would know that we’re currently in a prolonged downturn, where returns over the last 3-5 years have been dismal. In times like these, the last thing you want is to be drawing down capital, locking in those losses. Long-term...
30 Oct 2019

An ETF focussed on the ‘use case’ of listed property

By Janice Roberts

CoreShares has announced the commencement of trading in the new CoreShares SA Property Income ETF. This follows the amalgamation of the two pre-existing CoreShares property ETFs: Proptrax SAPY and Proptrax Ten.
23 Oct 2019

Property red tape is holding SA entrepreneurs back

By Janice Roberts

By Rick de Sousa, Commercial Property Finance Executive at FedGroup. Given South Africa’s unfortunate economic situation and low growth in the property sector, few entrepreneurs think of property as a financial opportunity, but nothing could be further from the truth.
17 Oct 2019

Listed property investors should expect some volatility

By Janice Roberts

While SA listed property is currently offering good value, backed by a very high dividend yield despite a negative sentiment on growth, investors would do well to take a long-term view of the sector and expect some volatility in the interim.
26 Sep 2019

REITs and pension funds to fuel Africa’s next property investment cycle

By Janice Roberts

Africa’s emerging real estate investment trust (REIT) market could become the catalyst for large scale investment into the continent’s growing, albeit still underdeveloped, property sector.
12 Sep 2019

Global property fund celebrates three years of returns for investors

By Janice Roberts

The Nedgroup Investments Global Property Fund has celebrated its three-year anniversary as one of the top-performing global property funds locally and internationally.
27 Aug 2019

SA REIT Association appoints Estienne de Klerk as new Chairman

By Janice Roberts

Estienne de Klerk has been elected Chairman of the SA REIT Association, which represents the South African listed REIT (real estate investment trust) sector. SA REIT members comprise all publicly listed SA REITs – a sector with the market capitalisation of more than R300bn. The REITs influence our economy and the quality of people’s lives...
01 Jul 2019

Growthpoint Investec African Properties begins its acquisition trail into Africa

By Janice Roberts

Growthpoint Investec African Properties (GIAP), the pan-African real estate investment business managed by Growthpoint Investec African Property Management, has begun executing on its strategy to aggregate a quality portfolio of prime income-producing commercial assets in select cities across Africa.