Overview of daVinci Australia

 

daVinci Australia, which is a subsidiary of daVinci Japan, currently manages property and financial assets work more than $360 million. daVinci Australia conducts a diversified boutique funds management business and operates a complete superannuation compliance and administration service. It has extensive expertise and experience in property, accounting and investment markets.

 

In total, daVinci Australia has successfully established over 20 property syndicates and has completed property projects with a total asset value of approximately A$1 billion. daVinci Japan acquired majority ownership or daVinci Australia in July 2007.

 

daVinci Funds Management Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of daVinci Australia and has an established track record in managed funds, having preciously establish and operated thirteen public property syndicates and two public mortgage trusts,  The property syndicates created and managed by the Responsible Entity to date have included investment opportunities in:

• Commercial Property
• Financial Assets
• Industrial Property
• Residential development
• Retirement living development

 

Property Funds

daVinci Australia has a highly experienced team who have extensive experience sourcing, acquiring and disposing of real estate assets in Australia. The daVinci Australia team under the Quantum name has executed 22 real estate transactions which were made through core and opportunity funds of pre-specified assets (the “Quantum Funds”).

 

Since the acquisition by K.K. daVinci, daVinci Australia has sourced two additional investments which will serve as seed (the “Seed Investments”), and believes it has a strong pipeline for future investments. The Investments Quantum Funds and the Seed Assets represent total investment of AUD$840 million.

 

daVinci Australia believes that its team’s ability to source deal flow through its proprietary channels and relationships that it has built up since 1986 are key benefits for its funds by reducing the need to participate in competitive auctions for assets and by providing greater ability to source off-market transactions through direct negotiations with sellers.

 

Of the Quantum Funds, 12 were focused on opportunistic investments (the “Quantum Opportunity Funds”) and 10 were core.  Since July 1997, the Quantum Opportunity Funds have acquired real estate assets representing AUD$399 in total investment. Over this time, the Quantum Opportunity Funds have generated a gross internal rate of return (“Gross IRR”) of 40% and a multiple on equity invested of 2.23x, as of March 31, 2008.

 

 

Quantum Warrants

 

A market first in Australia, QuantumWarrants Pty Ltd (QuantumWarrants) have created a Property Warrant ™ which allows self managed superannuation funds and other investors to leverage to invest in property. The daVinci group formed QuantumWarrants to enable investors to have access to investment property that will generate returns to provide wealth creation for its investors. QuantumWarrants has also developed a portfolio warrant that allows a portfolio of shares and managed funds to be purchased using equity and leveraged funds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment portfolios

 

daVinci via its QSmart service manages self managed superannuation funds and self managed pension funds for investors. daVinci completes all the administration and taxation work as well as investment advice and portfolio selection via Blackstone Securities.

 

 

Mortgages

 

The Quantum Mortgage Trust ARSN 095 909 096 is an ASIC registered mortgage scheme that pools investor’s funds to invest in registered mortgages. Funding is provided across a variety of property markets. A disclosure document is prepared for each mortgage for consideration by investors.

 

 

Overview of KK daVinci Advisors

 

daVinci Japan is a recognised leader in real estate funds management in the Japanese market, with AUM of approximately ¥[1,353 billion] (A$13.8 billion) and offices in Tokyo, Los Angeles and Sydney.  daVinci Japan was founded in 1998 by Osamu “Sam” Kaneko, who has over 30 years of real estate experience in the United States of America, Europe and Japan.  daVinci Japan is publicly traded on the Hercules Exchange (Osaka Securities exchange) with a market capitalisation of approximately ¥ 159 billion (A$1.6 billion) as at 3 October 2007.

daVinci Japan has pursued a clearly defined investment strategy, anticipating an office market recovery, and has invested significantly in the Tokyo office market, as well as the residential sector.  In relation to the assets that it acquires, daVinci Japan employs and investment and asset management strategy focused on:

• applying income orientated asset management techniques to the Japanese real estate market; and
• actively managing to increase rental rates to current market levels

 

As at May 31, 2007, daVinci Japan’s real estate opportunity funds had acquired 198 commercial and residential real estate assets worth over US$11.7 billion (A$13.8 billion) with equity investments of US$3.1 billion (A$3.6 billion).  Recent daVinci Japan highlights include:

• daVinci currently managing one of the largest discretionary funds in Japan (Approximately ¥1 trillion)
• daVinci Fund III raised ¥100 billion (A$1,020 billion) in November 2004, with 100% invested or committed within 15 months;
• daVinci Fund IV raised ¥320 billion (A$3,265 million) in March 2006, with 40% invested or committed within 16 months

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