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Value companies to outperform in 2023: VanEck

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
... said. "As the cumulative effects of lower savings, higher costs of living, negative wealth effect from falling property prices and increased interest rate payments start to hit consumers back pockets we anticipate a pullback in discretionary spending ...

Aussie shares to continue outperformance: Oliver

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2023
... unlikely to see the RBA adopt a more aggressive policy compared to other major countries." Finally, while Australian property prices likely have more downside, Oliver believes there is no sign of a property crash dragging down banks and pushing the economy ...

Australia likely to avoid recession: Oliver

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2023
... According to Oliver, a slump in consumer spending (thanks to rate hikes, cost of living pressures and falling property prices) along with weaker global growth, will see Australian growth slow to around 1.5% this year. "2022 was not so good and economic ...

Industrial property ensures big wins for TelstraSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2022
... much higher yields than office and retail property. These have since equalised, triggering a rise in industrial property prices. Thanks to industrial property, the fund delivered an above-average return for the year to June 2022, according to Rainmaker ...

Australian housing slump marches on

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2022
After surging 28.6% between the pandemic low in September 2020 to a high in April, national property prices have fallen 6%, said AMP chief economist Shane Oliver. "The key drivers of the downturn remain: poor affordability, rising mortgage rates, some ...

Financial stability risks escalate: RBA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2022
... in a further widening in risk premiums," the review said. "Large and disorderly declines in financial asset and property prices as a result of higher interest rates and increased risk aversion could disrupt key funding markets and strain the balance ...

Beware super home buyer collateral damage: ISA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2022
... gobble up any extra money first home buyers could take of super." "The nation's five major capital city media property prices could jump between 8-16%." On the matter of affordability, ISA chief executive Bernie Dean concluded: "Even those Australians ...

Industry pans early release superannuation policy

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2022
... get you closer to your dream home or fix Australia's housing crisis. Using super as a deposit will drive up property prices, leaving Australians with higher debt and depleted retirement savings." "First home buyers are being asked to choose between ...

Super should help secure home loans: Inquiry

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2022
... property administration policies. "Otherwise, an increase in households' ability to borrow would likely increase property prices. This recommendation will therefore remove the largest barrier for home buyers; being the deposit," the recommendation ...

Advised clients' major concerns in 2022

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2022
From skyrocketing property prices to a foreboding stock market crash, financial advisers reveal their clients' main worries in 2022. Wild swings across the local and international share markets is a concern for many clients, particularly as indices ...