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Pressure on advice practices means time for rethink: ClearView

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
... of strategic advice Allison Dummett said licensees often direct advisers away from advising on certain areas, such as property investing or aged care, but the demand for this is growing and driving the need for strategic advice. "In the past, advice ...

Negative gearing exposing Australia's poor: KPMG

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
... have grown. Most notably, KPMG economists highlight some of Australia's poorest citizens are taking on negatively geared property investments when there's a clear inability to manage the financial risks. Analysing the incomes and spending of Australian ...

Opposition floats SMSF borrowing ban

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
... Bowen said the policy will target a $24 billion borrowing "explosion" by SMSFs which has contributed to an overheated property market and a crisis in housing affordability. "We will restore the general ban on direct borrowing by superannuation funds ...

New CFO for Charter Hall

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2017
ASX-listed property investment group Charter Hall has appointed its new chief financial officer. Russell Proutt has more than 25 years of finance experience, including 11 years at Brookfield Asset Management - a Canadian listed diversified real asset ...

China's off to a good 2017 start

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2017
... expectations for a 1.0% increase. Rising house prices is not good. Despite recent tougher purchase restrictions to cool the property market, latest data show that average prices of new homes in 70 Chinese cities continued to rise, up 11.3% in the year ...

Australian Ethical Super leads new green bond

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
... Australian Ethical Super is a cornerstone investor in a new $100 million green bond issued by the Investa Commercial Property Fund. Demand for the oversubscribed issuance was strong among both "green" and general debt investors, with the Clean Energy ...

Housing crisis takes emotional toll on Gen X

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
Sixty-eight per cent of Gen Xers worry they will be locked out of the property market and for many the prospect is taking an emotional toll, the latest ME Bank study shows. The findings, which come from a study of 1000 "wannabe home owners", shows many ...

First State Super wins government lease

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
... infrastructure projects. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Treasurer Dominic Perrottet announced the concession of Land and Property Information (LPI) titling and registry services to a First State Super-Hastings led consortium will help boost infrastructure ...

Confidence slip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
... the "time to buy a major household item" sub-index down by 2.9%. With the RBA not in a position to provide aid (due to property market concerns), it's up to the May federal budget to ameliorate or exacerbate deteriorating confidence - business and co ...

Super wealth reaches record high

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2017
... Investors co-portfolio manager Simon Shields said with such a huge amount of household wealth invested in shares and property, Australians are very exposed to share and property market movements and need to better manage these risks. Shields added investors ...