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Super for housing debate heats up

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024
... attributable directly to falls in interest rates. The rest is caused by Australia's massive net inward migration, restrictions on supply which at the moment include planning regulations, red tape, frontloading of infrastructure charges, shortages of ...

Calls for independent oversight on mortgage stress

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024
... this, regulators continue to impose additional constraints on lending, competition among banks and restricting housing supply. "In recent months the RBA stated that, 'despite pressures on households' budgets, almost all borrowers have been able to continue ...

Super for housing to exacerbate affordability crisis: Eslake

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2024
... by the Super Members Council (SMC), Eslake said that decades of evidence clearly show that when housing demand outstrips supply, policies which have allowed Australians to pay more for housing that they would otherwise be able to has resulted in more ...

Remara launches real estate strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024
... SMSFs. McVeigh said it provides a way to minimise the risk in capital access, planning decisions, migration and building supply chain costs of heavy development for groups that may have previously been direct developers. The fund aims to achieve 15% ...

Arrowpoint launches new fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024
... and SMSFs. It said the decision to launch the fund came from increased demand for capital from businesses outstripping supply. "The supply of capital to good businesses is very low versus the demand for it. That represents a compelling opportunity for ...

Aussies unprepared to manage retirement income

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024
... or lack of access, too often the onus is on individuals to take responsibility for complex decisions at retirement. "The supply of advisers and high regulatory burden have increased the cost of financial advice, with many Australians now unwilling, or ...

AI could see emerging markets flourish: Experts

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024
... market equity team, believes "the AI revolution cannot happen without EM." He said companies that provide solutions in the supply chain of highly sophisticated computing chips will be "rewarded", many of which lie in emerging markets. "You won't capture ...

ASX-listed firm invests with Osmosis

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024
... are seeking to remove exposure to fossil fuels, that additional mitigation is undertaken to deal with demand as well as supply. "Our Core Equity Ex-Fossil Fuels Fund achieves this while also reducing the portfolio's exposure to water and waste," ...

Short-termism damaging Australian economy: CEDA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2024
... economic success but warned that policymakers need to focus on future potential. "We must remain open to global markets, supply chains, investment and relationships," Wilson said. "But we cannot presume previous strengths will continue to support future ...

MA Financial eyes growth with Warburg Pincus, Flexicommercial

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2024
... three years. "The commercial real estate funding market needs to expand significantly to support developers in activating supply and play a pivotal role in closing the funding gap in the under supplied residential market." The news follows MA Financial's ...