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| 22/12/2011 | AIMS Financial Group Celebrates 20 Years in Business
| A banquet in Sydney’s Chinatown on 11 November, 2011 attracted a number of the city’s investment banking fraternity.
AIMS Financial Group was kicking up its heels to celebrate its 20th anniversary and to re-launch Asia Pacific Stock Exchange (APX), a subsidiary of AIMS.
Attendees included Antony Green (Executive Director of Macquarie Capital Advisers), Craig Parker (Executive Director of Westpac Institutional Bank), Tim Church (Head of Real Estate Investment Banking of UBS), Chris Green (CEO of Corporate Trust Perpetual), Simon Vinson (Head of Asian Property & New Business Initiatives AMP Capital Investors), John Manning (President of CWH Trust), Phil Cheetham (Head of Real Estate, Investment Banking, Citibank) and Paul Masi (CEO of Austock). Over 300 people attended the function. |
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| 29/07/2011 | S&P report—AIMS AMP Capital Industrial REIT
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AIMS’ 1QFY12 (Mar) results were within our expectations, with its 1QFY12 net property income (+22% YoY) accounting for 24% of our original FY12 forecast.
- AIMS has proposed to redevelop 20 Gul Way to a 5-story ramp up warehouse with a Gross Floor Area (GFA) of 1.16 mln sq ft and an expected annual rental income of SGD16.3 mln vs. current annual rental income of SGD3.6 mln.
- AIMS is also proposing a placement of SGD2.5 mln worth of new units to CWT Ltd at market price (which would be equivalent to about 0.5% of units in issue at the current market price).
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| 28/07/2011 | AIMS AMP Capital Industrial REIT- Asset transformation to prove highly accretive
- Redevelopment of 20 Gul Way announced on 26 Jul 11
- AAREIT will be building a five storey ramp-up warehouse in two phases, maximising permissible GFA at the site and tripling existing GFA
- Yield on cost of c.8%, expected +10% accretion to DPU in FY14E
- Upgrade price target by +13% to SGD0.26/unit
- Reiterate OUTPERFORM
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| 26/07/2011 | AIMS AMP Capital Industrial REIT announces significant redevelopment of 20 Gul Way, Singapore
| AIMS AMP Capital Industrial REIT Management Limited as Manager of AIMS AMP Capital Industrial REIT (AIMSAMPIREIT or the Trust) is pleased to announce the significant redevelopment of 20 Gul Way, Singapore. The Manager has negotiated vacant possession of the site with the existing occupier allowing for a comprehensive redevelopment of the site including the construction of a five storey ramp up warehouse. The new warehouse will be constructed in two phases, and is targeted for completion by December 2013. |
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| 24/03/2011 | AIMS Financial Services in the running for a buy
| AIMS Financial Services has been offered a rash of potential property acquisitions as it hunts for investments for its US partner, estimating that about $5 billion of Australian office buildings, shopping centres and industrial sheds had come across its desk since late last year. |
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| 14/02/2011 | AIMS AMP REIT to expand footprint in Singapore; eyes properties in China
| Nicholas McGrath, CEO of AIMS AMP Capital Industrial REIT (AA REIT), is expecting a jam-packed schedule this year and next. The 38-year-old, along with the industrial property trust’s two Australia-based sponsors – AIMS Financial Group and AMP Capital Investors – plans to add properties to other geographical markets to the REIT and expand its footprint in Singapore. The strategy, while not dissimilar to that of many other SGX-listed property trusts, shows that the Singapore-focused REIT is resolved to move on after a painful saga just a couple of years ago that almost made it bankrupt.
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| 02/12/2010 | AIMS eyeing landmark deal
| AIMS Financial Group is in talks to acquire an office tower in Sydney's central business district from Investa Property Group and one of its managed funds for about $190 million. The acquisitive group is believed to be keen to pickup 320 Pitt Street as its first major play on behalf of US property funds manager REIT Management & Research LLC (RMR).
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| 05/11/2010 | Australian investor to develop eco-city in Tianjin, China
| An Australian investor is searching for partners who’ll help build an “eco-city” in northeastern China, including a retirement community and several golf courses. George Wang, the principal of AIMS Financial Group, wants to build his mini-city on 988 acres of municipally owned property near Tianjin, China’s sixth-largest city (population: nearly 12 million). The investment appears to be a safe bet. Last year, Tianjin’s economy reportedly grew by 16.5 percent. |
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| 25/10/2010 | Americans unveil $1bn growth plan
| Having finalized the takeover of the small listed MacarthurCook Industrial Trust last month, the US-based CommonWealth REIT has an ambitious plan to grow a portfolio of up to $1 billion in the next 12 months. |
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| 21/10/2010 | AIMS, RMR in $1bn plan
| Giant US property funds manager REIT Management & Research LLC is planning to build a portfolio of up to $US 1 billion in Australia as a platform for growth into Asia. |
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| 17/09/2010 | MacarthurCook dynamics change in stake sale
| A new player has emerged in CommonWealth REIT’s bid for MacarthurCook Industrial Property Fund, after MacarthurCook Property Securities Fund sold down its stake in the company. |
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| 24/08/2010 | AIMS AMP plans S$79 million rights issue
| SINGAPORE) AIMS AMP Capital Industrial REIT (AIMSAMPIREIT) is looking to acquire a ramp-up warehouse and logistics facility for $161 million, which will be partially funded through a rights issue.
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| 23/08/2010 | Singapore's AIMS AMP to buy property for S$161 million
| SINGAPORE Aug 23 (Reuters) -Singapore's AIMS AMP Capital Industrial REIT (AART.SI) said on Monday it plans to buy a property, which includes a warehouse and logistics facility, in the city-state for S$161 million ($118.8 million).
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| 07/07/2010 | AMP in Deal for Orchard Asset
| AMP Capital Investors has reaffirmed its plans to push into Asian property markets.
The group is focusing on the mature markets of Singapore and Japan.
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| 21/05/2010 | China eco-city deal clinched: eco-tourism city
| SYDNEY-BASED Australian-Chinese entrepreneur George Wang has secured an agreement with the Tianjin municipal government to develop a $700 million "eco-tourism city" in a staged development in China. |
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| 13/05/2010 | John Snowden plans China push
| JOHN Snowden is looking to China to grow the offshore funds of AIMS Financial Group.Mr Snowden is the newly appointed global property securities head at the Sydney-based group.
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| 13/05/2010 | Us Group's deal a launch pad into Asia
| HRPT’s bid for an Australian property fund will be the American company’s initial expansion into the growth it sees in the Asia Pacific region. |
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| 28/04/2010 | AIMS: A Good Way in Acquisition During The Financial Crisis
| When most international institutional investors’ confidence has been dented by the spread of the global financial crisis, there are two successive acquisitions in Australia shocked the entire capital market. The first one was one of the three major Australian stock exchanges changed hands. The other one was listed property fund management company MacarthurCook----an enterprise ranked by the Australian magazine “Business Week" as the fastest growing businesses for four consecutive year --- had been coercively took over. Unveiling the mysteries of these two acquisitions, a large Australian financial group controlled by Chinese gets attention from the world. |
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| 03/12/2009 | Tianjin to emerge as the 'Wall Street' of Beijing
| SYDNEY - China's third largest city, Tianjin, has been annointed to spearhead China's development of tertiary industries notably logistics, shipping and financial services. As one of only four cities with a direct reporting channel to the Beijing leadership, Tianjin has been chosen as the third growth hub for China. |
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| 25/11/2009 | MI-Reit moves ahead with its plans
| With the dust finally settling after the tumultuous past few weeks, the folks behind MacarthurCook Industrial Reit (MI-Reit) are understandably keen to leave the past behind them.
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| 25/11/2009 | MI-REIT gets its way after sound and fury
| MacarthurCook Industrial Reit (MI-REIT) hired pistol-toting security guards to keep the peace at an acrimonious meeting of unitholders yesterday – but other than the customary dash for the buffet line, no violence broke out.
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| 23/11/2009 | MacarthurCook Industrial REIT Requests NAB Disclosures-Filing
| Singapore-listed MacarthurCook Industrial REIT Ltd. (BU5U.SG) has requested two National Australia Bank Ltd. (NAB.AU) investment managers disclose whether they used information gained from the bank in its capacity as a financier and equity adviser to the REIT to help Cambridge Industrial Trust Ltd. (J91U.SG) launch a hostile takeover bid for the REIT's management earlier this month. |
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| 23/11/2009 | MAS blocks bid by CIT to manage MI-Reit
| THE battle for control of MacArthurCook Industrial Reit (MI-Reit) appears to be over after the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) blocked a rival from managing MI-Reit because of a potential conflict of interest.
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| 23/11/2009 | Battle of the REITs: CIT squares up to MI-REIT
| Just when it thought it had bridged a S$300m (US$216m) funding gap and ensured its survival, MacarthurCook Industrial REIT faces the prospect that its proposed recapitalisation plan could be derailed by a rival trust.However, it emerged late last week that this was not possible for regulatory reasons. A spokesman from the Monetary Authority of Singapore said: “REIT managers are required to conduct their business in such a manner as to avoid conflicts of interests. This would include any potential conflicts arising from the competing interests of unitholders in different REITs.” |
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| 23/11/2009 | Can this man Save MI-REIT?
| Investors are baulking at MacathurCook Industrial REIT's turnaround plan. George Wang wants to win them over before they vote on Monday. Cover story tells you how the China-born entrepreneur plans to get the troubled REIT growing again. |
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| 23/11/2009 | Did Cambridge Industrial Trust look before it leaped?
| It is becoming increasingly apparent that Cambridge industrial Trust (CIT) made a grave miscalculation in its pursuit of its rival, MacarthurCook Industrial REIT (Ml-REIT). On Nov 6, CIT spent some $10 million to acquire a 9.78% stake in MI-REIT, triggering speculation in the market that it was preparing for some kind of merger or acquisition that would significantly increase its size and heft. Ml-REIT had announced a recapitalisation plan that same day, which had its own shareholders up in arms because of the massive dilution they would suffer. So, it seemed entirely possible that CIT might succeed in winning widespread support from MI-REIT investors if it came up with a more palatable alternative for them.
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| 11/11/2009 | MI-Reit signs AMP Capital as co-sponsor, seeks new capital
| MacarthurCook Industrial Reit raises $155.5 million in new capital, including a $15.8 million investment by AMP and a $111 million rights issue. Separately, AMP Capital hires Anthony Fasso to head its international business. |
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| 21/09/2009 | Big names clash in fascinating tussle for midget
| The battle for control of the tiny MacarthurCook Industrial Property Fund is heating up, with the intriguing possibility that some big names will end week wearing some egg.Sydney-based boutique Real Estate Capital Partner is angling for the management of the listed fund, with chief executive Andrew Saunders leading a team that includes former investment banker and New City head Tony Dixon and former Investec Bank executive Tamara Williams. |
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| 17/07/2009 | AIMS set for China's first listed property venture
| Article from: The AustralianSYDNEY'S AIMS Financial Group, which is in the process of taking over fund manager MacarthurCook, has positioned itself to launch China's first listed property trust.
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| 13/07/2009 | MacarthurCook agrees to AIMS takeover
Article From: Investor Daily
AIMS Securities has won the approval of MacarthurCook's board to take over the company after it raised its bid and promised to retain the property fund manager's staff. |
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| 09/07/2009 | Takeover target MacarthurCook to raise $200m
Article From: The Australia Financial Review
MacarthurCook flagged plans to raise about $200 million of new funds yesterday as acquirer AIMS Financial Group edges closer to gaining control of the ailing fund manager. |
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| 30/06/2009 | AIMS Securities sweetens its MacarthurCook bid
Article From: The Australian
AIMS Securities Holdings yesterday increased its bid for MacarthurCook within hours of the Melbourne property fund manager rejecting its original offer of 30c per share. |
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| 25/06/2009 | AIMS and The Tianjin Government Form Strategic Alliance
| AIMS Financial Group (AIMS) and its subisidiary Asia Pacific Exchange (APX) have signed a co-operative agreement with Tianjin Municipal People’s Government in China to open the way for Chinese enterprises to invest and list overseas. |
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| 22/06/2009 | MacarthurCook Key Shareholder Makes Bid for Company
Article From:AAP Finance News Wire
SYDNEY, May 15 AAP - MacarthurCook Ltd says major shareholder AIMS Financial Group has made an offer for the investment manager that values it at $8.07 million. |
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| 20/06/2009 | Vulture fund sets its sights on Chinese
Acticle From: The Australian
THE first of the vulture funds are emerging, with a Sydney-based manager planning to launch a $75 million "opportunistic" trust aimed at Chinese investors. |
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| 20/06/2009 | AIMS bids for MacarthurCook
Article From: Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney-based AIMS Financial Group this morning launched an off-market takeover offer for shares in property funds manager MacarthurCook, which controls about $1.3 billion of real estate in Australian and Asia through a network of managed funds. |
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| 18/06/2009 | AIMS bids for all of MacarthurCook
Acticle From: The Australian
THE Melbourne-based property fund manager MacarthurCook yesterday received its second takeover bid in 12 months. |
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| 28/05/2009 | Macarthur Cook/AIMS Securities Holdings
| Listed property funds manager Macarthur Cook is contemplating a 30¢-a-share offer from AIMS Securities Holdings. AIMS has a 19.97% stake in Macarthur Cook and emerged as the single-largest shareholder in April when it acquired a 15.79% from Ascalon Capital Managers at 10¢ a security. |
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| 22/05/2009 | AIMS has sights set firmly on expansion
Article From:Australia Financial Review
While tight credit markets have forced most non-bank financial institutions on to the sidelines, one Australia group that has close ties to China is laying down aggressive expansion plans. |
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| 14/08/2008 | PM Kevin Rudd witnessing AIMS Bei Da Joint Venture
| AIMS Financial Group, one of the premier non-bank financial institution in Australia, today enter into an agreement with its Chinese partner Beijing University as well as Sino Bioway Group to establish a Biotechnology Fund in China. PM Kevin Rudd, who is in China For 2008 Beijing Olympics games also attended signing ceremony.
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| 20/12/2005 | AIMS reaches out to over 45,000 special kids across Sydney
| AIMS Home Loans is once again bringing Christmas cheer to thousands of special and underprivileged children across Sydney and country NSW, helping make them and their families feel loved and cared for during the holiday season. |
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| 10/10/2005 | AIMS spearheads Securitisation Forum in China
| The AIMS Financial Group is holding a Finance Securitisation Forum covering all aspects of the mortgage-backed securitisation process as part of the annual China Hi-Tech Fair in Shenzhen, China from 11-13 October 2005. |
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| 18/07/2005 | AIMS successfully completes $400 M RMBS bond deal
| 18 July 2005 – AIMS Home Loans has completed its $400 million Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (RMBS) bond issue launched in late June, receiving a very warm response from the domestic and offshore investor markets including China, Singapore and Hongkong.
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| 10/06/2005 | AIMS launches fourth domestic RMBS bond deal
| 10 June 2005 – AIMS Home Loans today announced the launch of its fourth Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (RMBS) bond issue, amounting to $400 million. The bond issue has one senior tranche totaling $387.2 million, which is rated ‘AAA’ by Standard and Poors and Fitch Ratings. The subordinated B tranche of $12.8 million is rated ‘AA’. |
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| 04/04/2005 | AIMS sponsors prize for top mortgage student of the Securities Institute
| AIMS Home Loans recently presented a sponsorship award to Alexandra Frantseva for winning the NSW/ ACT AIMS Home Loans Prize for Mortgage Credit Analysis (DML 4). Mortgage Credit Analysis is a subject being offered at the Securities Institute of Australia, leading to a Diploma of Mortgage Lending.
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| 23/12/2004 | AIMS brings Christmas cheer to 5,000 special kids
| Self employed borrowers, especially those who have just started their business or other income generating activity, normally find it difficult to provide up-to-date financial statements when they apply for a loan. |
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| 28/04/2004 | AIMS Launches AIMS Advantage Credit Card
| AIMS Home Loans announces the launch of the AIMS Advantage Credit Card today. The introduction of the new American Express Card is AIMS?latest program to enhance their ever-evolving product offering. |
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| 11/03/2004 | The Hon. Alan Cadman MP joins in AIMS' community spirit
| AIMS Home Loans is opening its sixth local community financial services centre in Castle Hill, Sydney this month. The Hon. Alan Cadman MP, Member for Mitchell is anonoured to be the special Guest of Honour at the VIP launch event to be held next week. |
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| 04/08/2003 | Bringing Financial Services Back to the Community
| AIMS Home Loans announces their plan to launch a unique community-focused Agency Network today. AIMS are scheduled to open 50 new branches in just under 24 months. These branches will be located nationally. |
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