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Collapse of REITs spells opportunity: SG Hiscock

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... office (Dexus acquiring stake in Rialto Towers), childcare (CQE selling in NZ), and retail (the recent sale of a majority interest in Mt Ommaney at a higher price than Vicinity's book value last year) are supportive." The COVID-19 environment in Australia ...

Expats sweat as main residence CGT cut-off looms

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... further pressure on sellers, as exemplified by the above. These include no longer being able to hold inspections to drum up interest from buyers, with inspections coming almost to a halt as a result of restrictions imposed by both federal and state governments. ...

APRA pushes for super fund consolidation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
APRA has urged all superannuation funds to be more proactive in considering their options, saying that while COVID-19 will pass, its impact will be felt for far longer and funds will soon run out of excuses. Over the past seven years, the number of ...

ING rejigs super offering, closes balanced option

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... customisation. From July 1, as it closes the balanced option, it will introduce two new options: moderate (45% fixed interest, 5% cash, 5% in property and the rest in local and global equities) and conservative (60% fixed interest, 10% cash, 2% in property ...

Time to buy residential property: Survey

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... next six to 12 months because of the pandemic." The resilience of property during turbulent times as well as record low interest rates continues to encourage property investors, he said. Interestingly, 36% of those surveyed had lost income during the ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone contraction heads from mild to severe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... billion asset purchase programme in March in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The following month, it lowered the interest rate on TLTRO III - emergency lending to banks - and announced a new series of non-targeted pandemic emergency longer-term ...

US regulator settles with Ares

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
... management, adjustments to the company's hedging strategy, and decisions with respect to the company's assets, debt, and interest payments." SEC said after receiving this information, Ares purchased more than one million shares of the company's common ...

Australia only needs 15 super funds: Consultant

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
It is in the best interests of members for the number of superannuation funds serving Australians to be drastically reduced, according to a new report. Management consulting firm Right Lane is calling on high-cost super funds to urgently wed themselves ...

APRA urged to probe industry funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
... the regulator to conduct an investigation into vertical integration at industry super funds and related conflicts of interest. Wilson, who chairs the House of Representatives' Standing Economics Committee, referenced a report from research and ratings ...

Year-long delay for super merger

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
A corporate superannuation fund has pushed back its date of a planned successor fund transfer to Sunsuper by a year and is prepping members for potential future delays from COVID-19. The IAG & NRMA Superannuation Plan in February 2019 announced plans ...