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Retiree dilemma: Supporting children or preserving lifestyle?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024
... mostly unwilling to compromise their retirement lifestyle to offer financial assistance. Their strong attachment to the family home also makes them reluctant to downsize to free up funds to help their children. Retirees, however, are willing to support ...

How much do you need to retire in Australia?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2024
... "a good standard of living" in their post work years. This includes covering basic necessities like groceries, transport, home repairs, private health insurance, some exercise and leisure activities, and the occasional restaurant meal. It would also ...

Employees will quit on full return-to-office orders: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2024
... 2000 Australian workers found that nine out of 10 will look for a new job to find an employer that offers better work-from-home flexibility. Forty percent said the long commute is a major downside, while a similar number pointed to a dispruted work-life ...

Stockland, Invesco Real Estate forge land lease deal

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2024
... the execution of the partnership, "we are pleased to welcome another globally recognised institutional partner to our ~8800 home Land Lease Communities pipeline." A land lease community effectively enables the ownership of the property but not the land ...

Chinese property market to stabilise

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2024
The Chinese housing market could soon see some much needed stabilisation after the government unveiled new stimulus measures. T. Rowe Price portfolio manager for Asia credit bond strategy Sheldon Chan and chief emerging markets macro strategist Chris ...

Clime to offload Madison Financial Group

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2024
... advisers. As of last Thursday, the ASIC Financial Adviser Register shows it has 61. Once they transition, Infocus will be home to more than 210 advisers. Infocus will have some $16 billion in funds under advice and $210 million of in-force risk insurance ...

Geopolitical risks push APAC family office allocations locally

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2024
... Geopolitical risks are dictating how family offices in the Asia Pacific invest as more intend to shift asset allocations to their home regions, according to UBS. Family offices surveyed in the UBS Global Family Office Report across the Asia Pacific cited ...

Super funds to solve the housing crisis?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2024
... that we're now having serious conversations about asking them to choose between their retirement savings and buying a home. While acknowledging that solving the housing crisis won't be easy, Senator Andrew Bragg, speaking on the same panel at ...

Seven fund managers scoop up First Sentier mandates

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024
... emerging companies units, and losing some $14 billion in assets under management. Macquarie Investment Management is set to take home three new mandates. FSI's Developing Companies (via CFS Managed Investment Fund product) will be replaced with the ...

Liberals respond to Federal Budget

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2024
... Australia. On housing, he recommitted to allowing Australians to access up to $50,000 of their superannuation to buy their first home and extended this policy to separated women to help restart their lives. However, the money initially withdrawn from ...