Property Videos

The Value of Unlisted Property Funds in Investment Portfolios

John Di Monda, CEO and Fund Manager at GDA Group explains why unlisted property funds can provide a stable, income-generating, and low-volatility component within a diversified investment portfolio. Understanding the differences between unlisted and listed property funds can also highlight how unlisted property funds can be a more compelling opportunity for long-term investors.

Commercial Property: Why It Should Be in Your Investment Portfolio

Charter Hall Direct CEO, Steve Bennett, shares insights on the role of commercial property within a diversified investment portfolio. Learn how this asset class complements other portfolio holdings, strengthens income stability, and positions investors for long-term growth as we enter the next phase of the property market cycle.

Is 14.00% p.a. a good risk-adjusted return?

Is a 14% p.a. return adequate for a high yield property fund? The answer lies in how much risk is involved and what type of return you are receiving, i.e. where you sit in the capital stack whether the return is akin to equity returns or debt-based interest income. This 10 minute presentation from Capital Property Funds discusses these issues in further detail and may provide some assistance in helping assess your next investment into a high yield property fund.

Understanding the debt capital stack and where private investors can generate risk adjusted returns

In this current interest rate environment, investors can earn equity like returns by investing in debt. Creating a portfolio of a diversified pool of mortgages is challenging and expensive for individual investors. Thinktank’s Income and High Yield Trusts offer high net worth/sophisticated/wholesale investors bonds secured by a diversified pool of small ticket, domestic, commercial and residential mortgages. Thinktank has originated over $10 billion since inception in 2006 and has experienced losses of $3.9 million.

Hotels as an alternate investment class, how hotel performance compares to other core real estate

Hotels deliver a higher yield compared to other core property sectors including office, retail and industrial, and compare favourably on a volatility adjusted returns basis. in addition, Australian hotel demand levels continue to grow despite short term demand shocks such as the Covid-19 pandemic and GFC.

Why a property debt fund can deliver outsized returns relative to risk

The Capstone Income Fund is a debt fund available to wholesale investors with a diversified portfolio of registered mortgages over Australian property assets. Alexander MacDonald is the Founding Director at Capstone Funds, he has worked in project finance and construction for over 15 years and managed MacDonald Capital from inception.

Investing in Commercial Real Estate Debt: An Uncorrelated Alternative to Traditional Investments

For investors looking for an alternative to shares and traditional fixed income and property investments, the Zagga CRED Fund (ZCF) provides a CREDible avenue for portfolio diversification and regular, risk-adjusted income by investing in a specifically curated portfolio of credit-vetted, mortgage-secured loans. Alan Greenstein is the CEO and Co-founder of Zagga, he has more than 30 years’ experience in banking and finance, with work experience in the United Kingdom, South Africa and Australia.

Australia’s Debt Problem is Also an Investor’s Problem. Here’s How to Read It

Australian households are carrying some of the highest debt loads in the developed world, yet the Reserve Bank is still weighing whether to raise rates again. In the event the inflation print due out on July 29th runs hot, a fourth RBA rate rise may become more likely than not.

Fixed Interest Investor Education Property

29 July 2026

· Simon Turner

· 6 MIN READ

Seven structural drivers facilitating the long-term growth of industrial property

Recently, I detailed the 250-year rise of the industrial property sector, a transformation that has seen it evolve from the physical backbone of early manufacturing and storage into one of the most critical forms of modern economic infrastructure.

Property Investor Education

28 July 2026

· Laurence Parisi

· 9 MIN READ

What Consumer Sentiment Is Telling Us About the Australian Economy

Australian consumers are feeling mighty gloomy right now. It’s easy to understand why. The war in Iran, the sharp rise in fuel prices and the proposed removal of the capital gains tax discount has Australian households unusually worried about the future.

Macro Investor Education Managed Fund ETF Property

8 June 2026

· Simon Turner

· 6 MIN READ

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Property

Childcare: The Emerging Asset Class in Australian Commercial Property

The Value of Unlisted Property Funds in Investment Portfolios

Commercial Property: Why It Should Be in Your Investment Portfolio

Understanding Debt vs Equity Investment in Real Estate

Is commercial property investing dead?

Is 14.00% p.a. a good risk-adjusted return?

Understanding the debt capital stack and where private investors can generate risk adjusted returns

Hotels as an alternate investment class, how hotel performance compares to other core real estate

Why a property debt fund can deliver outsized returns relative to risk

Investing in Commercial Real Estate Debt: An Uncorrelated Alternative to Traditional Investments

Exploring Opportunities in Childcare

Attractive returns through disciplined property development

Every balanced portfolio should include CRE Debt

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Videos

Property

Childcare: The Emerging Asset Class in Australian Commercial Property

The Value of Unlisted Property Funds in Investment Portfolios

Commercial Property: Why It Should Be in Your Investment Portfolio

Understanding Debt vs Equity Investment in Real Estate

Is commercial property investing dead?

Is 14.00% p.a. a good risk-adjusted return?

Understanding the debt capital stack and where private investors can generate risk adjusted returns

Hotels as an alternate investment class, how hotel performance compares to other core real estate

Why a property debt fund can deliver outsized returns relative to risk

Investing in Commercial Real Estate Debt: An Uncorrelated Alternative to Traditional Investments

Exploring Opportunities in Childcare

Attractive returns through disciplined property development

Every balanced portfolio should include CRE Debt

Explore 100's of investment opportunities and find your next hidden gem!

Related Articles

Australia’s Debt Problem is Also an Investor’s Problem. Here’s How to Read It

Seven structural drivers facilitating the long-term growth of industrial property

What Consumer Sentiment Is Telling Us About the Australian Economy

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