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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016
... market expectations for a 0.5% decline over the month. October's strength was driven by a 2.3% rise in sales of single family homes -- condominium sales were flat over the month - with all four US regions recording increases: Sales in the South went ...

Westpac commits to social finance leadership

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2016
... debt markets, Simon Ling, said regardless of the investment returns, just as important is the support in providing safe homes to families and communities. Alongside The Benevolent Society, NSW Treasury and the NSW Department of Family and Community Services ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016
... sending the year-on-year growth rate deeper into contraction (to -4.1% from -2.6%). US pending home sales Sales of existing homes rose by 1.5% in the month of September - the fastest rate in five months -- versus a 2.5% decline in August and expectations ...

AustralianSuper, IFM Investors buy Ausgrid in five weeks

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
... leading electricity networks in Australia that plays a critical role in delivering electricity to approximately 1.7 million homes and businesses across New South Wales. NSW Treasurer Gladys Berejiklian said the successful unsolicited proposal by IFM ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
... September. However, sales of condos declined by 3.2% but note that building permits for these type of dwelling - multi-family homes -- jumped by 17% in September. UK retail sales UK retail spending growth was flat in the month of September, equal to ...

MLC and NAB expand direct life insurance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
... Doctors program, allowing them to access independent medical advice from over 50,000 experts worldwide without leaving their homes. The product launch follows on from NAB's sale of 80% of MLC Life Insurance to Nippon Life earlier this month.

New life code could go further: lawyer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
... paid for by the insurer as being independent and, in some cases, forces a claimant to allow an assessor to come into their homes," he said. Given that most Australians' only access to life and disability insurance is through superannuation, the fact ...

AustralianSuper and IFM seek energy asset

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
... Coast and Hunter regions of NSW across more than 22,000 square kilometres. It supplies electricity to more than 1.6 million homes, and includes more than 200 large electricity substations, 30,000 small distribution substations, 500,000 power poles and ...

Ageing population presents investment potential

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... economies of Japan, China and Korea, and highlights how their ageing populations are generating a growing need for aged care homes and assisted living facilities. According to Deves, if the region can imitate other countries such as North America in ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
... quarter growth rate represent a sharp turnaround from the slowdown in the previous two quarters. Price growth of residential homes slowed from 2.0% in the three months to September 2015 to 0.15% in the December 2015 quarter before declining by 0.15% ...