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Chief economist update: Rents under covid

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
... post-mining boom downturn in dwelling construction in Perth and strong demand (REIWA 2020). Vacancy rates increased in Canberra in the June quarter, but declined in Hobart." Rental rates have nowhere to go but down. "In Sydney, the largest declines in ...

MTAA Super, Tasplan reveal executive lineup

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... April 2021 and create a $22 billion super fund. The combined fund's corporate and trustee functions will be based in Canberra, with satellite offices in Tasmania and other locations. Administration services will be based in Hobart. Chief executive ...

Future Fund posts negative year, cashes up

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
... including Gatwick Airport. "We deployed some of that capital into new infrastructure themes including fibre and data centres [Canberra Data Centres], in Australia and offshore. "We were well positioned to navigate a path through the recent dislocations ...

Housing values continue to slide

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
... research from CoreLogic. CoreLogic's home value index dropped 0.6% last month, only a slight improvement from June at 0.7%. Canberra and Adelaide were the only capital cities to report a rise in values at 0.6% and 0.1% respectively. Melbourne and Sydney ...

Chief economist update: China recovery would have been good for Oz

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2020
... Australians all would be rejoicing at the swift recovery in China's economy had it not for the heating tension between Canberra and Beijing - first, as a result of Prime Minister Scott Morrison's inquiry into the origins of COVID-19 in mid-May ...

Chief economist update: Second waving, not drowning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
While we, Australians all, remain glued tracking the mounting cases of infection in Victoria - one that has prompted the New South Wales government to close its borders with its neighbour south of the Murray River for the first time since the Spanish ...

Investors should factor in climate risk: JANA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2020
... uncertainty needs to be overcome," he said. A survey of JANA clients also demonstrated widespread dissatisfaction with Canberra, with the vast majority of investors and institutions wanting stronger government action on climate change and policy certainty. ...

Property yet to show COVID-19 pain

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
... $602,293 over the quarter, with prices increasing in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide but decreasing in Brisbane, Perth, Canberra, Hobart and Darwin," said Adrian Kelly, president of REIA. Kelly said the March quarterly change in median prices was the ...

FASEA boycott sparks in-fighting

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... out that there are too many Associations (14 including accounting), and we are diluting our influence/credibility in Canberra if we make it 15." Johnston said the AIOFP suggested the UFAA should merge with it. "Unfortunately, they wanted to go it alone," ...

Chief economist update: Better than all the rest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
" You're simply the best Better than all the rest Better than anyone Anyone I've ever met..." A great many, if not all Australians, would have had this Tina Turner classic playing in their heads listening to Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor ...