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Centuria Life launches new bond offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2019
... options, including sector, diversified and index funds. Asset classes covered by the funds include fixed interest, cash, property, domestic and international shares and infrastructure. The offering incorporates transparent fee structures with rebates ...

Royal Commission will worsen credit crunch: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2019
... post-Royal Commission is nothing to be too concerned about. While there has been significant adjustment in lending to property investors, owner-occupiers are still getting loans, Hutley said. "The banks want to lend, that's how they make their money. ...

Don't fear credit crunch: Deloitte

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
Financial advisers with clients working towards purchasing their first property or starting their own business need not be too concerned with tightened lending policies post-Royal Commission. Speaking at the Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum ...

Future Fund delivers 5.8%

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
... previously), 10.1% in debt securities (8.9% previously), 8.5% in infrastructure and timberland (8% previously) and 7.2% in property (6.4%). The fund sold down some private equity assets but the returns and weaker Australian dollar buoyed their share ...

Australians prioritise car cover over life insurance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2019
... in many cases can be cheaper than the cost of insuring a car, she said. The research also found that those who own a property are the most likely to take out life insurance. Those who rent are the least likely, with just over a quarter (27%) taking out ...

Former Morgan Stanley chief to join Westpac board

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2019
... years at the predecessor to Barclays Investment Bank, Barclays de Zoete Wedd and has also served on the board of Investa Property Group and Australian Financial Markets Association. Seale joins Westpac's board after stints as a director at Bank of Queensland ...

SMSF investments reach far and wide

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... wait several years before their investments recover their former values, he said. The research also highlighted that property needn't come in the form of typical residential or commercial properties, but could also be found in more exotic formats: such ...

QIC appoints managing director

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... was the chief financial officer at Vicinity Centres (ASX: VCX), which is the second-largest manager of listed retail property. He initially joined Vicinity as the chief investment officer and had oversight of a $26 billion portfolio, spread across 62 ...

Chief economist update: Time for an RBA shift to neutral

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... construction index, among others - are equally foreboding. So is the fast accelerating momentum in the decline in Australian property prices, led by Sydney - down 9.7% in the year to January (CoreLogic RP Data Home Value Index) - and Melbourne - down ...

Royal Commission to suppress bank stocks

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... said. Inevitably, this will also flow into the housing market. A sharp deceleration in credit growth would also affect property prices - which has the effect of a "negative feedback loop." There'll likely be more distressed selling and bad doubtful ...