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Innova backs using leverage in super for housing

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024
... effectively locked out of the property market, without the funds to be able to afford a deposit for a home or maintain a mortgage," he said. "This has deep implications across society. Younger Australians are in desperate need of solutions, but there ...

CSLR makes inaugural payments

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2024
... her and her family in a difficult financial situation that led to applying for a financial hardship loan to meet their mortgage repayments. Another couple from Sydney's Hills District was paid $150,000 in compensation after receiving bad superannuation ...

Macquarie AM bags top manager gong

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024
Macquarie Asset Management has taken out the top prize at this year's Investment Leadership Awards. This is the fifth time that Macquarie AM has taken home the Investment Manager of the Year Award since 2018, which was awarded at Financial Standard's ...

Australian Unity lashed by ASIC over TMD questionnaire

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024
... being consistent with its target market determination (TMD)." The Australian Unity Select Income Fund is a contributory mortgage fund whereby clients select and invest in a suite of syndicate-funds which each then provide exposure to a specific registered ...

Recession signs: Economic growth has 'ground to a halt'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024
... of Australia's highly aggressive rate hiking cycle has clearly worked to slow demand growth in the economy. Rising mortgage payments along with a lift in tax payable and the effects of elevated inflation have weighed on household purchasing power. ...

Inflation debate: Older Australians accused of driving crisis

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2024
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has been accused of using young Australians as "cannon fodder" in the fight against inflation after it conceded people aged over-65 are spending more, having "made bank" on the back of increased interest rates. Appearing ...

Liberals respond to Federal Budget

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2024
... "Building more homes is the solution to Australia's housing shortage, and its's unfair to ask young people to mortgage their retirements in an attempt to get on the property ladder, amid a housing-affordability crisis," ASFA chief executive Mary ...

Industry reacts to Federal Budget

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
Treasurer Jim Chalmers handed down the Federal Budget last night, delivering its second consecutive surplus as well as a raft of measures to ease the cost-of-living crisis. Despite many of the measures presented in the Budget having been announced prior ...

Advisers should leverage US tech blueprint: SIAA panel

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
While the US is at the forefront of financial advisers leveraging the best technology available, Australia's advice industry cannot be left behind and should learn from the blueprint it has laid out, investment experts told the Stockbrokers and Investment ...

Quality of retirement does not depend on super balance: Bragg

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
... examining other policies to advance home ownership in retirement, such as letting Australians use their superannuation as a mortgage offset.