Investment News

The collapse of a $3bn-plus bid for Link Group looks to have largely come down to price rather than any glaring red flags.

The corporate regulator has frozen an allegedly illegal $11.3m property investment scheme operating in Perth, after police and investigators swooped on organisers.

Other states have been urged to follow the New South Wales government’s push to axe stamp duty, a move it says will save the average property buyer tens of thousands of dollars.

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Singapore-based ARA LOGOS Logistics Trust has confirmed that Australia’s industrial property boom is running hot by snapping up a $S404.4m ($418m) parcel of properties along the east coast.

Major property companies have called for recognition of the crucial role of foreign investment, after a tightening of rules earlier this year had a “chilling effect” on commercial deals.

The Property Council of Australia has lashed the federal government’s move to hike fees for foreign investors attempting to buy Australian commercial property, arguing that the new regime will discourage the investment required to support the nation’s economic recovery.

The country’s largest owner and operator of student accommodation, Scape Australia, has defied the coronavirus crisis to close the $2bn acquisition of the rival Urbanest business and has called for “balanced consideration” in the relationship with China.

The country’s largest student accommodation provider Scape is seeking to expedite approval of its $2 billion acquisition of rival operator Urbanest as it confronts the coronavirus crisis.