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Quality of retirement does not depend on super balance: Bragg

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
... $160,000. In addition, modelling by Super Members Council found removing the cap on using super for housing would push capital city house prices up by $75,000. The Committee also recommended that first home buyers who have used the proposed scheme to ...

SMC says 'reckless' plan could cost taxpayers $1tn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024
... taxpayers an extra $25 billion a year, the modelling found. Previous SMC modelling found the policy would simply raise capital city house prices by $75,000 - forcing future generations of young Australians to wait even longer to buy. SMC chief executive ...

Plenary Group sells 49% stake to ADQ

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2024
... region, Middle East, and Central Asia. Plenary expanded to the Middle East in 2022, winning mandates that included the Zayed City Schools project. As part of the deal, ADQ will acquire shares from existing Plenary shareholders, including all those owned ...

Aware builds property portfolio, adds 726 homes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
... 700 homes to Melbourne's housing market across two major new developments in the inner and northern suburbs, adding to the city's supply of rental accommodation. The property group launched large-scale housing developments at Queens Road, in Melbourne's ...

Billionaire receives death penalty for embezzlement

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2024
... billion - the country's largest case of financial fraud, several reports show. The People's Court of Ho Chi Minh City yesterday handed down the death sentence to Truong My Lan, the chair of property development group Van Thinh Phat, who was found ...

Raiding super can worsen housing affordability: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024
... current state of inaccessibility and unaffordability for many. Since 2000, the nominal median house price weighted by capital city has increased by about 7% per annum compared with average growth in full-time employee earnings of 3.8%, ASFA's Early release ...

Sexism in the City: UK financial sector slammed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... recommend a raft of reforms. On International Women's Day, the UK government's Treasury Committee released Sexism in the City, a follow-up to its first report on the subject which was released in 2018. In compiling the report, it undertook about ...

Coalition's super for housing scheme slammed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... pouring retirement savings into housing would inflame an already-inflated property market - pushing up the major capital city median price by an estimated 9%. SMC modelling found the scheme would fuel demand in capital cities and led to price increases ...

Former director pleads guilty to hedge fund con

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2024
... trader and analyst elsewhere. His previous employers include Silverstone Proprietary Trading, ACY Securities, AxiTrader and City Index. Despite not having a licence to provide financial product advice, Sandiford told prospective investors that they could ...

Aussies want advice from their super fund: CFS

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2024
... can be paid for with super represents an important development." In terms of what Aussies are showing interest in, recent City Index analysis has revealed the top financial terms searched online by Australians over the past 12 months. The number one ...
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