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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016
Australia residential property price index Residential property prices in Australia's eight capital cities (weighted average) increased by 0.2% in the December quarter. Though still higher than market expectations for 0% growth, the fourth quarter growth ...

Advisers looking for longevity and aged care solutions

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2016
... actually small relative to the amount of money spent on the home. "People need to start looking at it like residential property. You get what you pay for. People understand the different levels of value in residential property, but aged care is still ...

Managed fund allocations jump

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2016
... manages investment data for SMSFs that are mainly receiving professional advice. The survey also showed that residential property loans within the SMSF portfolios fell 0.74% over the year to -5.17% of assets. Investment in direct property fell to 7.83% ...

SIV interest wanes after rule changes

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015
... favoured government bonds and property." Eugene Chen, another partner with the firm, said allowing investment in residential property is one way to interest could be increased. "Allowing residential investment could provide a spark, provided there are ...

FIIG arranges $40m Sunland bond issue

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2015
FIIG Securities has arranged a $40 million issue of five-year fixed rate notes for listed residential property developer Sunland Group. The senior unsecured notes will pay an indicative interest rate of 7.55% and will require a minimum initial investment ...

DomaCom added to managedaccounts.com.au

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... less volatility than equities should play a pivotal role in anchoring investment portfolios, particularly residential property which has been has been absent in managed account portfolios," said DomaCom chief executive Arthur Naoumidis. For managedaccounts.com.au ...

PIMCO launches bank capital fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
... for investors in Australia's major banks is becoming increasingly homogenous and concentrated in domestic residential property," the head of PIMCO Australia Adrian Stewart said. "Given Australian investors' significant exposure to the major banks, we ...

Super funds need to compete globally

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... capital here," she said. She added there was scope for investment in aged care, health care, farm land, and residential property. In terms of infrastructure McLaughlin said it was all well and good for the government to declare that infrastructure investment ...

Frydenberg relaxed about SMSF borrowing

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... "Forty-two per cent of limited recourse borrowing arrangements - or around $3.5 billion - were invested in residential property in mid-2013. To put this in context, that means that only 0.07% of Australian residential property - perhaps 6,500 dwellings ...

SMSF direct property investment jumps 60pct

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... and an increase of 58.69% since March 2011. While it is feared that SMSFs ability to borrow money to buy residential property via limited recourse borrowing arrangements (LRBAs) is helping to fuel the housing bubble, SMSF Association technical and professional ...