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Tony Sherlock
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Abacus Scales in Storage Bodes Well in a Consolidating Industry. FVE Increases to AUD 3.85

We have upgraded our fair value estimate for no-moat-rated Abacus Property Group to AUD 3.85 from AUD 3.70. The increase in our fair value is primarily due to raised assumptions for the amount of capital allocated to acquiring and developing more attractive self-storage assets. Abacus is in the early stages of exiting its higher-risk residential development activities and redeploying the capital to lower-risk self-storage assets. Relative to other commercial property assets, self-storage is high...
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Abacus Property Group

Abacus Property is a property group that operates predominantly in Australia. Co.'s operating segments include: property, which is engaged in the investment in and ownership of commercial, retail and industrial properties; funds management, which includes development, origination, co-investment and fund management activities; property ventures, which provides secured lending and related property financing solutions and is also responsible for Co.'s investment in joint venture developments and construction projects, as well as Co.'s investment in property securities; and storage, which is engaged in the investment in and ownership of self-storage facilities.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

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