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REITs better value than bonds, equities: LaSalle

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
Global real estate securities are priced competitively compared to asset classes such as equities and bonds, according to a real estate investment specialist with $106.3 billion in global assets under management. Despite the serious headwinds faced ...

GPT bleeds $520 million

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... expansion of the Rouse Hill Town Centre and the Melbourne Central office and retail development. Non-essential capital expenditure and discretionary spending has also been reduced, GPT said. The group also completed three logistics developments during ...

Banking crisis more likely in conflicted countries: IMF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
The odds of a country suffering a banking crisis are 2.5 times higher if it is affected by a conflict, according to research from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). IMF economist Rasmane Ouedrago and senior resident representative in South Africa ...

ASIC will not appeal wagyu and shiraz decision

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
... "Whether it be Wagyu beef washed down with the finest Shiraz (to use the example of the primary judge), or less expensive expenditure on food and drink, this may not be willingly forgone or even able to be reduced by a particular consumer. "The unsuitability ...

Global public debt to reach 101.5% of GDP: IMF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020
... support so far has been split almost evenly between above-the-line - measures with a direct effect on revenue and expenditure such as deferral of taxes and cash transfers- and below-the-line support, which includes public sector loans, equity injections ...

Industry super pours $19.5bn into Australian recovery

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
... Industry Super Australia (ISA) chair Greg Combet says will help rebuild the Australian economy. The multi-billion capital expenditure was identified by a survey of industry super funds, IFM Investors and the Industry Super Property Trust. Since the beginning ...

SG does wonders for households: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... not only doing its job but has benefitted the economy as a whole and will continue to do so, stabilising Age Pension expenditure. Assuming the SG is raised to 12%, the amount spent on the Age Pension should drop to 2.6% of GDP over the period to 2054-55 ...

We cannot prevent the blow: PM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the government will not extend stimulus packages, saying they would dull the dynamism of the economy. Delivering a speech to the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA), Morrison said that despite wide ...

GDP figures reveal start of COVID-19 impact

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... restrictions. "Public demand contributed 0.3 percentage points to GDP, driven by a 1.8% rise in government final consumption expenditure," the ABS said. "Government spending at all levels increased in response to the bushfires and the management of the ...

UniSuper stares down job crisis

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... everything possible to minimise staff impacts, we must look at our employment costs as well as continuing to minimise other expenditure to adjust to where we need to be." This upheaval in the sector has forced UniSuper to develop a response. "We're working ...