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Showing 101 - 110 of 2025 results for "Housing"

Australian CPI accelerates to 7.3%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2023
... market expectation (7.2%) paints a different picture. The newest surge was driven by increased food prices, transport and housing, with seasonal spending also a cause, following Black Friday's boosted sales. According to the data, retail sales rose ...

JPMorgan Asset Management launches sustainable ETFs

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2022
... networks; water networks and water treatments; wind, hydropower and solar; healthcare facilities and care homes; affordable housing and student accommodation; data storage and telecommunications tower operations; sustainable railway network, sustainable ...

Blackstone restricts withdrawals on US$125bn property fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2022
... investors since inception nearly six years ago and is well positioned for the future given its concentration in rental housing and logistics in the Sunbelt and its long-term fixed rate debt structure." The surge of investor withdrawal followed Blackstone's ...

Cbus pledges $500m to support Housing Accord

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2022
Cbus is committing $500 million to support the construction of new social and affordable homes through the Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF) as part of the national Housing Accord. Cbus chair Wayne Swan said the fund's commitment to the Housing Accord ...

AXA IM Alts launches BTR strategy, partners with NHFIC

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2022
AXA IM Alts will offer social and affordable built-to-rent housing through a partnership with St George Community Housing (SGCH) and the National Housing and Finance Investment Corporation (NHFIC). AXA IM Alts' strategy is supplemented by funding from ...

HESTA commits $240m to build-to-rent pipeline

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022
HESTA has poured $240 million into founding specialist affordable fund manager Super Housing Partnerships (SHP), to focus on developing a pipeline of Victorian build-to-rent apartment projects. SHP will provide institutional investors with access to ...

Barings establishes APAC real estate debt operations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022
... in the EMEA region, and we have significant appetite to further grow our loan book in APAC across residential, student housing, logistics, grade A office with strong ESG credentials and selectively in hospitality," he said. "We will continue to reinforce ...

Affordable housing investments a win-win: ISA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... economic conditions. From a financial perspective, despite lower initial yields, income returns from affordable and social housing are more stable, and less volatile than traditional commercial property sectors. Further, its higher rates of initial and ...

Evidence of poor LRBA advice: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022
... reduction in the proportion of highly leveraged funds largely reflects rising asset values, particularly for residential housing, which may not be sustainable," the report said. Irrespectively, current levels of borrowing by SMSFs were said to be unlikely ...

Nuveen, Lighthouse back housing projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2022
Adelaide will see a new student accommodation housing project via Nuveen Real Estate, while SGCH's affordable housing project with Lighthouse Infrastructure will expand in Western Sydney. Nuveen Real Estate will partner with Flinders University on The ...