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New lending for property investors up 30%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2024
... elevated, led by investors (+29.5%), with owner-occupier lending a bit more modest in comparison (+12.2%). "Investor activity over the past year has been led by WA (+73.9%). Qld (+48.2%) experienced large gains too, rising to new record highs and outpacing ...

ASIC levy to slug advisers $48.4m

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2024
ASIC's regulation activity for the 2024 financial year is expected to slug financial advisers $48.39 million collectively as the annual levy does not appear to be reducing. Licensees that provide personal advice to retail clients on relevant financial ...

ASX delistings outpacing new market entries

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2024
The latest EQT ASX Group Monthly Activity Report for June 2024 highlighted a significant trend of ASX delistings outpacing new market entries last financial year. The report suggested investors were increasingly pivoting towards private markets in search ...

Committee calls for 'sick agency' ASIC to be split in half

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024
... Commissioners were at war with one another, leaking to the media and engaging in all sorts of unsavoury business and activity... I think the culture of the organisation from top to bottom is extremely sick." Further, the committee wants to see a reversal ...

FSC releases new standard on scam mitigation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024
... measures in place, the new Standard provides members with a consistent approach for dealing with scams and fraudulent activity. "The FSC Standard includes the need for multifactor authentication on all high-risk transactions as well as requiring funds ...

Dexus sells three assets for $383.2m

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024
... office portfolio is 6.01% while the industrial portfolio's is 5.45%. "The investment metrics displayed by recent sale activity support a softening in office market valuations," Dexus chief executive and managing director Ross Du Vernet said. "However ...

Four out of five workers to search for new jobs: Hays

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2024
... he said. He added that the report also found businesses are becoming more optimistic with 64% believing that business activity will increase in the year ahead, up from 55% last year. While 55% of organisations have also reported that productivity has ...

Dexus sees $1.3bn wiped from portfolio value

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024
... office portfolio is 6.01% while the industrial portfolio's is 5.45%. "The investment metrics displayed by recent sale activity support a softening in office market valuations," Dexus chief executive and managing director Ross Du Vernet said. "However ...

Most advisers satisfied with success: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2024
... Advice Operations Research Report 2024 read. "Moreover, the journey of business growth often involves phases of intense activity followed by hiring to expand capacity, which can temporarily reduce profits until new team members contribute effectively." ...

'Little prospect' for RBA hike despite stubborn inflation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024
... market, but he said there was some suspicion it might be more fragile than it appears after March quarter accounts affirmed activity growth was weak. "The board has in the past expressed concern that tepid activity growth will ultimately be reflected ...