Matthew Lane
Managing Director at MA Financial Group
Matthew Lane is a Managing Director in Real Estate Asset Management at MA Financial Group.
Matthew is focussed on growing the Real Estate Asset Management business which includes sourcing appropriate investments and investment capital, both institutional and high net worth. Matthew’s role also incorporates asset and investment management across the various funds.
He is a real estate and capital markets specialist and has over 20 years’ experience.
Prior to Moelis, he was the General Manager of Capital Transactions at ISPT and formerly of the Head of Office Transactions at Charter Hall. Matthew has extensive experience in capital transactions, being responsible for over $9 billion in real estate deals across all asset classes at Charter Hall (14 years) and ISPT.
While also at Charter Hall, he was a Fund Manager for assets worth over $1.2 billion, ran the commercial asset valuation program and was responsible for the South Australian expansion with particular note the GPO commercial development project.
Matthew has a Bachelor of Business (Property), majoring in Valuation and Marketing / Management, from University of South Australia. Matthew also has a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment from the Securities Institute of Australia.
(Total) return of the office
As the world transitions to a higher inflation/lower growth environment and new interest rate regime, the chaos in the bond market reminds investors of the role the commercial office sector has the potential to play as a ballast for reliable income yield.
Ausbiz interview: Real estate not immune to macro challenges
Our property expert, Matthew Lane, recently spoke with Kyle Rodda from Ausbiz to discuss the trends he’s currently seeing in the space and explain why he thinks returns through the next cycle are likely to become more disparate by sector and quality of asset.
The rise of opportunistic real estate investing
The global economic outlook has shifted dramatically over the last few months. Along with the surge in inflation and swift rise in rates has come financial market volatility, and this has re-focused investors on the diversification and income benefits of real estate.
Demand is hot in Australia's cold storage sector
The strength of the Australian industrial and logistics real estate sector can be attributed to a range of positive underlying trends including higher occupier demand, domestic supply imbalances, high barriers to entry and a rise in e-commerce.
The Australian real estate sector exhibiting strong growth and resilience
Demonstrating strong growth and resilience, and underpinned by a range of positive long-term structural trends is which Australian real estate sector? Executive Director, Matthew Lane, explains.