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Budget targets home ownership rates

TOM WATSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... Australian citizens and permanent residents who have not owned a home for at least five years will be encouraged to either purchase a newly built property or build a home of their own in regional areas. Similar to the existing First Home Guarantee scheme ...

Floods, fires, plagues catered to in Budget

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... pandemic, the Budget includes a $69 million spend over two years on combatting Japanese Encephalitis. This includes the purchase of 135,000 doses of vaccines against the virus.

Budget to back aspiring homeowners

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... smaller deposit and without needing to pay lenders mortgage insurance. So far, 60,000 Australians have used the scheme to purchase first homes. Under the renewed commitment to the scheme, the government will make up to 50,000 places in the scheme available ...

Practice valuations to normalise: Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022
... longer enough. Previously, age influenced a buyer's view of the client's lifetime value with the practice, propensity to purchase additional services and somewhat the level of interest they would provide to the adviser," the report reads. "Now the fees ...

EG's latest Brisbane buy boosts portfolio to $1bn

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2022
EG's A ustralian Core Enhanced portfolio (ACE) has surpassed $1 billion after the recent acquisition of a 50% stake in Grand Plaza Shopping Centre, Browns Plains, Queensland. Located at 27-49 Browns Plains Road, 22 kilometres south of the Brisbane CBD ...

GIC bolsters Australian real estate JV

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2022
Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC expanded its partnership with a local real estate fund manager by injecting its joint venture with an additional $2.4 billion. NorthWest Australia's healthcare real estate joint venture with GIC has reached ...

Westbridge Funds buys $16.21m industrial facility

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2022
An industrial property in Perth's south has been sold for more than $16 million following strong buyer demand in the sector. The office/warehouse facility at 41-43 Baile Road in Canning Vale was purchased by Westbridge Funds Management from Perron Group. ...

Partners Group adds to unlisted funds range

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2022
... more traditional fixed income investments such as high yield bonds, Partners Group said. The fund will also be able to purchase listed units in (ASX: PGG) under certain market conditions. Partners Group partner and head of syndicated loans Andrew Bellis ...

Can Russia use crypto to get around sanctions?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2022
There are growing concerns Russia might use cryptocurrencies to circumvent sanctions and move money undetected, raising concerns around the ethics of crypto. According to insights from the University of New South Wales, Russia has one of the highest ...

EG, SIGMA to deliver Tasmanian distribution facility

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2022
... community". This development adds to the investment house's growing list of acquisitions this year, including the recent purchase of two fully leased retail assets in Melbourne and Brisbane on behalf of its private wealth division.