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DomaCom launches affordable housing crowdfunding

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2017
... refurbishment fees "or other costs imposed on the residents with residents getting all the proceeds from the sale of their houses. Residents only pay a weekly rental fee that covers all the maintenance of the community's common areas and full use of ...

Australian property love affair cannot please everyone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
... implications for the economy and markets. Economic activity is stimulated when consumers borrow within their means to buy houses, cars and other major purchases. On the other hand, if consumers pile up too much debt relative to their income levels, they ...

XTB appoints new CIO

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2017
... newly-created role to develop XTB's customised fixed income offerings for licensees, platforms, asset consultants and research houses. He is an executive director and co-founder of the Australian Corporate Bond Company (ACBC), which manages exchange-traded ...

Approved to build more dwellings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2017
... the see-saw in the headline approvals figure was driven by the volatile approvals in "private sector dwellings excluding houses" (apartments) - up 9.6% over the month after an 18.2% drop in March. Approvals for private sector houses increased by 0.5% ...

Super reforms hit parliament

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2017
... from 1 July 2017," he noted. The Treasury Laws Amendment (2017 Measures No. 2) Bill 2017 will need to be passed by both houses of parliament to be law.

Australian economy proceeding according to projections

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... volatile - it followed an 8.9% gain in February - and was largely due to the 22.5% drop in private sector approvals excluding houses (apartments and units). Private sector house approvals fell a gentled 4.3% in the month of March. Then again, the less ...

AI will lead next industrial revolution: Sanlam

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
... is constructed. That's like making 602 investment professionals redundant in one swoop. But Itzkovits thinks investment houses and financial advisers should use AI to their advantage. "It's not man versus machine but man with machine, versus man without," ...

Unclaimed money hits $1.1bn: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
... followed by Victoria ($197m) and Queensland ($112m). The unclaimed money pool is typically the result of people who move houses without informing the bank or institution; were executors of a deceased estate; stopped making payments on a life insurance ...

RBA dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2017
... properties though - credit for investment housing increased by 6.7% in the year to February and 6.2% for owner-occupied houses. Latest data on building approvals suggests Australians' love affair with property to continue. Total dwelling approvals jumped ...

IOOF introduces digital adviser education hub

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
... different resource pools to help them in developing the best possible strategy for their clients. 'The Knowledge Centre' houses introductory materials on investing, 'Build a plan' features a profiling tool to help clients determine their investment and ...