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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
... September. However, sales of condos declined by 3.2% but note that building permits for these type of dwelling - multi-family homes -- jumped by 17% in September. UK retail sales UK retail spending growth was flat in the month of September, equal to ...

MLC and NAB expand direct life insurance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
... Doctors program, allowing them to access independent medical advice from over 50,000 experts worldwide without leaving their homes. The product launch follows on from NAB's sale of 80% of MLC Life Insurance to Nippon Life earlier this month.

New life code could go further: lawyer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
... paid for by the insurer as being independent and, in some cases, forces a claimant to allow an assessor to come into their homes," he said. Given that most Australians' only access to life and disability insurance is through superannuation, the fact ...

AustralianSuper and IFM seek energy asset

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
... Coast and Hunter regions of NSW across more than 22,000 square kilometres. It supplies electricity to more than 1.6 million homes, and includes more than 200 large electricity substations, 30,000 small distribution substations, 500,000 power poles and ...

Ageing population presents investment potential

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... economies of Japan, China and Korea, and highlights how their ageing populations are generating a growing need for aged care homes and assisted living facilities. According to Deves, if the region can imitate other countries such as North America in ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
... quarter growth rate represent a sharp turnaround from the slowdown in the previous two quarters. Price growth of residential homes slowed from 2.0% in the three months to September 2015 to 0.15% in the December 2015 quarter before declining by 0.15% ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
... buyer traffic up 4 points to 48 (10-month high). China newly-built house prices Heating up again. The average price of new homes in China's 70 cities increased by 9.2% in the year to August - the fastest rate since January 2014 -- following a7.9% gain ...

Unlicensed property investor jailed for six years

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
... Holdings and Integrated Consolidated Holdings. He obtained funds by, in ASIC's words, persuading investors to "refinance their homes and/or establish SMSFs and then invest their superannuation in the developments." Through this, Patrick raised over $600,000 ...

Advisers and aged care homes should forge relationships: BUPA

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
... the users of care facilities to meet the cost. If financial advisers can form strong relationships with key staff at care homes - such as the general manager or the admissions officer - it can significantly ease the friction in the process," McNab said. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016
... (HIA) latest update on new home sales. Total new home sales dropped by 9.7% in July as sales declined for both detached homes (down 7.4%) and apartments, townhouses and units (down 17.3%). US consumer confidence Another "case for an increase in the federal ...