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Citi launches currency product, targets HNW investors

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
... volatility," he said. Citi provided examples of how the Global Currency Account (GCA) could help investors, including: To receive rent payments for an investment property in the US, directly into a USD account (the GCA sets up individual accounts for ...

GROW Super seeks RSE licence

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
... fintech and high member engagement. The operational structure the majority has opted for is also innovative. They effectively rent their Registrable Superannuation Entity (RSE) licence by serving as sub-funds or products of seven different APRA-regulated ...

Netwealth affirms value of financial literacy

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2018
... high school, starting out by covering income, savings and interest before moving on in later years to look at mortgages, rent, tax and insurance excess. Netwealth and Banqer said a growing concern in children's financial literacy is a lack of understanding ...

Age Pension needs national objective: Actuary

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018
Actuary Michael Rice believes there should be a national objective for the Age Pension and the Federal Government could consider setting a combined target for Age Pension and aged care costs as a percentage of GDP. These are two of several policy initiatives ...

ANZ insto property head joins $2.3bn debt manager

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2018
The former head of institutional property at ANZ has joined a commercial real estate debt manager as investment director. Based in Sydney, Eddie Law will focus on the New South Wales, Queensland and ACT markets; he will manage relationships with borrowers ...

Centuria bets on ex-CBD Sydney office building

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
The $4.6 billion specialist investment manager has leveraged its partnership with a wholesale investor to acquire a Sydney office building located about seven kilometers away from the CBD, as it sees strong performance in the NSW metropolitan office ...

Royal Commission case study: advice put retirement in ruins

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2018
... our family home on his advice and didn't have a family home to live in." "Why would we then buy an investment property to rent to someone else when we haven't even got a property to live in ourselves?" Orr asked what McDowall believed the issue to have ...

Housing affordability fuelling negative gearing backlash

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018
... assumption that the home is a safety net for retirees is becoming increasingly dubious as more older people are being forced to rent or use their super to reduce their mortgage in retirement," she said. Scheerlinck called for a re-examination of the ...

Unlisted property top performer in 2017: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
Unlisted property funds outperformed most asset classes and delivered returns three times more than Australian equities in 2017. This is according to a joint report compiled by Zenith Investment Partners, MSCI and the Property Funds Association, which ...

ASFA slams Grattan's super proposals

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2018
... accommodation less than $10 a week, are insulting and demeaning," Fahy said. "There are around 270,000 Age Pensioner households on rent assistance and giving each of them the additional rental assistance proposed by Grattan would cost only around $140 ...