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Warakirri adds kiwifruit aggregation to farmland fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2025
... its farmland fund. The manager paid $33 million for the orchards in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, calling the purchase a well-scaled addition that diversifies the farmland fund's portfolio and lifts its return profile. The orchards will be ...

Collectables market reaches $17bn: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025
Australia's booming collectables market has reached $16.8 billion, a new study from eBay Australia shows. The second edition of the State of Collectables 2025 Report, compiled in conjunction with Deloitte Access Economics, found that coins (34%), toys ...

Taxes and housing dominate election race

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025
... big spending policies to woo voters. If elected, Labor has promised first home buyers a government loan guarantee to purchase a property with just a 5% deposit. Additionally, Albanese said the government will invest $10 billion to build 100,000 new homes ...

Michael Dwyer joins impact fund board

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
... date, the fund has enabled 35 essential workers to become homeowners through co-investing up to 50% of the home's purchase price across 24 properties.

Super for housing would benefit 4% of homebuyers: ASFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2025
... million eligible first home buyers would be able to do this, showing the scheme will enable "very few" individuals to purchase a property. The data showed most eligible buyers have modest balances - half have less than $18,000. Further, ASFA analysis ...

Chalmers boosts Help to Buy scheme, construction sector

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... the Help to Buy program, the government provides an equity contribution of up to 40% to support eligible home buyers to purchase a home with a lower deposit and a smaller mortgage. Around 40,000 Australian households locked out of the market will be ...

Tranche 2 of DBFO dumps SOAs, enables 'nudges'

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
... government services and payments. Super funds will not be able to collectively charge for advice where it relates to the purchase or disposal of non-super assets or other financial products, holistic financial planning, and estate and tax planning advice. ...

Fixing retirement system an election priority: Grattan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
... government annuity be introduced. Retirees should be encouraged to allocate 80% of any super balance above $250,000 to purchase an annuity, with the rest to be drawn via an account-based pension that provides flexible access to capital. "This would boost ...

Korean pension fund takes $50m stake in Metrics

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
... estate-focused investment strategies. NPS has completed a number of large real estate deals in Australia already, including the purchase of Aurora Place, Sydney, for $685 million in 2010 - which marked the largest property transaction post-GFC. In addition ...

Luxury asset investment platform launches for high-net-worth investors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2025
Local technology firm MUSE has developed a platform that links high-net-worth investors and family offices with sellers of investment-grade luxury assets and high-end collectibles. The platform currently offers access to US$150 million worth of investment-grade ...