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Tax breaks delivered to first home buyers

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
First home buyers will be given greater opportunities to own their own home under a new savings plan in the 2017 Federal Budget. From 1 July 2017, first home buyers will be allowed to make voluntary contributions of up to $15,000 per year and $30,000 ...

Access to super for housing is still bad policy

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
Superannuation industry associations have once again come out strongly against a policy of allowing first home buyers early access to their superannuation to purchase a home. Following comments this week from Assistant Treasurer Michael Sukkar, who ...

IFM sees value in handbags

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
The private equity arm of IFM Investors has branched out, making a significant minority investment in an Australian fashion accessory retailer. As part of a greater investment strategy, IFM bought into affordable handbag and accessory retailer Colette ...

Australia must curtail its debt binge in 2017

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
... become vulnerable once more. Both countries could see a significant rebalancing in their currencies in 2017." His comments echo a recent Auscap report, which found that the conditions driving up real estate prices in Australia - low interest rates, high ...

Product conflicts in retail banking: ABA report

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
A report commissioned by the Australian Bankers' Association highlights potential conflicts in product sales commissions and product-based payments used for retail banking staff, echoing the concerns that led to the Future of Financial Advice reforms. ...

Will 2017 be a mirror image of 2016?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
Out with defensives, in with risks and cyclicals. The year 2017 started where 2016 left off - good tidings and cheers on the global economy and risk appetites. If there are lessons that you, I and Irene should learn over the year just passed, it is ...

The year that was and the year that will be

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
It's now a week before Christmas and two before we bid 2016 adieu! And what a year 2016 was. It scared you, I and Irene at the open. The Fed was going to raise interest rates and China's economy was heading for hard landing. These two factors alone ...

Super slow to embrace advice opportunity

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
... employers - and now keep pace with the wider fintech landscape, populated increasingly with smaller players." Peters' comments echo those of new Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Martin Fahy, who warned at the 2016 ASFA ...

FOS and CIO should merge: report

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
The Financial Ombudsman Service and the Credit and Investments Ombudsman would be better off as a single entity, according to a new Financial Counselling Australia report. The report, based on a survey of FCA members, found that 75% of financial counsellors ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
US GDP Today's data releases out of the US all but strengthens expectations for a December Fed rate hike. The Bureau of Economic Analysis upgraded US third quarter GDP growth to an annualised rate of 3.2% from the advance estimate of 2.9% and 1.4% in ...