Investors withdraw capital from funds for first time in three years

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AS new listings rose nationally by 10.5% over March, vacancy rates also saw a slight increase to 1.1% over the month.

It is only the second quarter on global funds network Calastone’s record that investors have withdrawn capital from the sector.

Most recent quarters have continued to see inflows but at a lower level than the average for the last few years.

Teresa Walker, managing director of Australia and New Zealand at Calastone, said commercial real estate is “triply vulnerable”...

“First, higher rates impact demand – lower occupancy affects rents paid to investors. And secondly, the sector uses more leverage than...

“The start of the global rate-rise cycle over a year ago quickly caused a sharp drop in net inflows to real estate funds, driven...

Calastone’s latest Fund Flow Index showed Australian investors pulled more capital out of managed equity funds in the...

Australian equity managed funds fared well to attract $320 million from January to March, albeit at subdued levels compared to...

Outflows reached a net $516 million between January and March, making it the first quarter to see capital leave equity funds in...

Neither the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank or Credit Suisse prompted a marked uptick in local selling...

“The ASX has been trading within a range over the last three months, rising and sliding in lockstep with global markets...

There was a clear preference for domestic equities in the first quarter. Australian investors added $319 million to...

They were also negative on specialist sector funds – mainly those focused on infrastructure – for the first time since the...

They were also negative on specialist sector funds – mainly those focused on infrastructure – for the first time since the...

Over the last four years, domestically focused funds have absorbed more than a third of the $28 billion Australians have added to...

Meanwhile in the US, Blackstone recently limited withdrawals again in March for its flagship US$70 billion real estate...

Of the $4.5 billion redemption requests made by investors in March, it allowed only US$666 million or 15% of the...

BREIT has seen its market cap shrink significantly since the fund began limiting withdrawals in November last year...

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