Liberty will be managed by an external management company, manco, following its listing in December.

Frederick Arendse is the Executive Director of Ascension Property Limited.

THE South African listed property sector has seen a number of new listings over the past 18 months with historically low interest rates creating a conducive environment for new property vehicles.

You’d struggle to find a better emblem of the bubbling conflicts of interest that scar the property industry than the Hospitality Property Fund — symptomatic of a sector where “anything goes” is almost a mission statement.