ASX Announcements
2024 Full Year Results Presentation
Preliminary Final Report, Company Presentation
- Aug 30, 2024
- 11 pages
Market Sensitive
Appendix 4E and Annual Financial Report
Preliminary Final Report, Full Year Accounts, Full Year Audit Review, Full Year Directors' Statement, Full Year Directors' Report
- Aug 30, 2024
- 51 pages
Market Sensitive
Exchange of 64 Northbourne Avenue and Future of AOF
Progress Report, Company Administration - Other
- Aug 22, 2024
- 1 page
August
Australian Unity Office Fund to sell Canberra tower; mulls windup
Sources said AOF has found a buyer for the Canberra property at about $22 million – versus the $29.5 million book value at the end of the 2023 financial year.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
May
Australian Unity Office Fund in exclusive DD for St Kilda property
Street Talk understands the $220 million market cap fund is in exclusive due diligence with a buyer for its St Kilda Road property.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
March
Nick Bolton’s new target is Australian Unity Office Property Fund
Fresh off scoring a win at Magellan Global Fund, the activist investor was among the buyers behind the office REIT’s heightened trading volumes this week.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
October 2023
Investors find value in championing social good
Impact investing is on the rise as more Australians seek to drive positive change as they reap financial returns.
- Prashant Mehra
September 2023
It’s now the tenants’ time, landlord Cbus Property says
The shift to working from home is hitting landlords of bigger tenants harder than smaller ones.
- Michael Bleby
April 2023
Influential directors pledge support for Yes vote
A group of non-executive directors say good governance for Indigenous Australians requires proper consultation and engagement.
- Tom McIlroy
January 2023
- Opinion
- Commercial real estate
The property sector where it pays to focus on the basics
For all the enthusiasm surrounding investment in social infrastructure, it is the property fundamentals that drive much of the value.
- Robert Harley
August 2022
Equity Trustees buys 130-year rival from Insignia
Carol Schwartz-chaired Equity Trustees will acquire Australian Executor Trustees for $135 million, a business it has competed with since the late 19th century.
- Aleks Vickovich
July 2022
Aust Unity fund takeover falls apart as office market softens
The collapse of a $403m takeover deal for an Australian Unity-run fund comes as investors reassess pricing and returns expected, in response to rising inflation.
- Nick Lenaghan
Deal off! Aus Unity Office Fund talks collapse
It’s back to the drawing board for office buildings owner Australian Unity Office Property Fund.
- Anthony Macdonald, Sarah Thompson and Kanika Sood
June 2022
Aust Unity board backs $400m bid for office fund
Aliro’s surprise $2.45 cash offer could bring to an end several years of corporate uncertainty for the fund, whose largest shareholder is Hume Partners, a boutique investment platform connected to Rich Lister Peter Scanlon.
- Nick Lenaghan
May 2022
Aliro pitches $400m takeover offer for Aust Unity office fund
The bid has gained some early traction, winning support from the fund’s largest shareholder, Hume Partners, a boutique investment platform backed by the family office of Rich Lister Peter Scanlon.
- Nick Lenaghan
February 2022
Australian Unity office fund wins suitors
The about-face in the listed fund’s growth path came after an ambitious plan to merge the office fund with an unlisted commercial property was scuppered.
- Nick Lenaghan
January 2022
Australian Unity Office Fund scouts for buyers after merger flops
For the third time in three years, the REIT is about to kick off a sale process, as key shareholders look for an out.
- Anthony Macdonald, Sarah Thompson and Kanika Sood
Aust Unity office fund merger torpedoed by its investors
It’s the second time in less than three years Australian Unity’s merger and acquisition plans for the listed office fund have been scuppered by its investors.
- Nick Lenaghan
October 2021
NorthWest plots $600m Geelong healthcare precinct
The move adds to the increasing pool of capital flowing into the sector, with major players including ASX-listed Dexus, Centuria and HomeCo also active.
- Nick Lenaghan
Australian Unity property pair ink $1.2b merger, deal by Christmas
Two Australian Unity property funds have formally agreed to tie the knot and create a $1.2 billion diversified listed A-REIT by Christmas.
- Anthony Macdonald, Yolanda Redrup and Kanika Sood
July 2021
Aust Unity office fund flags $1b merger plan
The merger option is the outcome of a strategic review the ASX-listed property trust launched in February as it searched for ways to bolster its flagging stock price.
- Nick Lenaghan
June 2021
NGS Super buffs climate credentials with green bond buy
It is the first super fund to invest in Australian Unity’s green bond fund, responding to calls from regulators for climate-friendly investments.
- Michael Read
May 2021
- Breaking
- Commercial real estate
NorthWest calls vote on $2.7b bid for Australian Unity fund
The Canadians’ latest bid would give investors a hefty 30 per cent premium to their investment if they vote in favour.
- Nick Lenaghan