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AMP Capital fund reduces fees, secures major loan

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021
... was structured in accordance with Green Loan Principles and Social Loan Principles 2021 issued by the Asia Pacific Loan Market Association and the Loan Syndications and Trading Association. It was certified by DNV GL Business Assurance. CommIF's ...

Hejaz expands with three new funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
... for a 6% p.a. return that provides credit to low-risk commercial development projects and first-mortgage financing with low loan-to-valuation ratio. The fund will be seeded with $60 million from Hejaz's Ethical Income Fund, the flagship wholesale product ...

FSC launches DDO templates

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021
... regime. The FSC and members from life insurance, funds management and superannuation have collaborated templates for Target Market Determinations (TMDs) and industry data standards which will aid the implementation of DDO. ASIC's RG 274 Product design ...

Homebuyer schemes speed up saving time

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021
... shows. Commonwealth Bank data shows customers have bought property on an average of 4.78 years faster using the First Home Loan Deposit Scheme (FHLDS) or New Home Guarantee (NHG). CBA customers in NSW saved an average of 5.05 years followed Victoria ...

Cbus invests in NHFIC issues

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
... bonds has topped $2 billion," Arter said. "This shows the strength of the NHFIC bond aggregator model and the demand in the market for the products they offer."

Family offices should supplement super

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021
... an alternative strategy, such as the establishing of a personal investment company." An investment company can receive a loan from the family, invest the funds, and pay tax on earnings at the company tax rate of 30%. While this is higher than the superannuation ...

Chief economist update: Chinese activity indicators disappoint but growth target intact

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2021
... People's Bank of China (PBOC) would have sprung into action. But no, it left its benchmark interest rates unchanged - one-year loan prime rate at 3.85% and the five-year at 4.65% -- for the 13th straight month at its May fixing. In addition, this ...

Metrics adds three investment directors

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2021
... institutional property group. Metrics swooped on South African Investec's local corporate and acquisition finance (CAF) loan portfolio, as the latter looked to exit the Australian market after 23 years to focus on United Kingdom and South Africa. ...

Chief economist update: Home sweet home

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2021
... 'Lending Indicators' report indicates that the country's property will get even more hot, hot, hot. Total new housing loan commitments surged to a record high A$31.1 billion in April - up 3.7% over the month and 68.2% from the same month ...

ERS applicants $3100 worse off

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021
... necessity of Australians withdrawing from their super," the institute said. "Even if Australians were able to take out a loan in 2020 with an (astronomical) interest rate of 10%, this would have resulted in less foregone personal wealth than the early ...