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Local fundie to manage US funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... Investment Group's asset management subsidiary will become the fund manager of two investment trusts that own eight student housing properties in the United States. The properties are worth $US94.5 million (about $130 million) including about US$36.8 ...

First State Super makes first take-private bid

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
... fund has made a bid to acquire OptiComm, a fibre optic cable company that competes with NBN Co, servicing new residential housing, apartment and commercial building markets. A First State Super spokesperson confirmed the bid, noting the super fund had ...

Household debt a major risk: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... household debt relates to a measurement issue and the strength of the Australian economy," the RBA said. "In Australia the housing rental stock is mostly owned directly by the household sector and so debt financing is owed directly by households, while ...

Melbourne boutique wins Crestone allocation

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... Management's impact fund, which invests in property and infrastructure like specialist disability accommodation, affordable housing, community rooftop solar and social impact bonds. Crestone said it expects 7-11% per year in returns from the fund, with ...

Superannuation critical to economic recovery

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
... said. It comes as the Master Builders Association has pushed for a proposal for the early release of super to address housing affordability. ASFA chief executive Martin Fahy said the proposal would inflate the price of a property by $50,000 and eat into ...

Impact investors team up for $48m investment

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... Philanthropic Services and For Purpose Partners for the investment. The properties will be developed and managed by Summer Housing, which is a subsidiary of a non-profit organisation that works for housing accessibility for people with disabilities. ...

Young-old wealth gap widest in 18 years

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... today's children grow up, they will be worse off financially than their parents. There are a broad range of economic, housing and environmental issues that appear to be worsening." The researchers found that while younger people have better health ...

Calls for financial services to include procurement targets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
... being part of the network that will bring to life good outcomes particularly around employment, economic opportunity, and housing. "As educators in financial literacy, we know the difference stability in employment and rent or mortgage payments can make ...

Chief economist update: It's about human life, not human rights

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
... outbreak. This followed the failure of targeted restrictions - the lockdown of certain Victorian postcodes and public housing - Stage 3 restrictions and, the mandatory wearing of masks. This is because, as Andrews put it: "Too many people are not taking ...

Housing values continue to slide

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
Australian housing values continued to decline for the third consecutive month in July and are set to drop even further when government support winds down, according to the latest research from CoreLogic. CoreLogic's home value index dropped 0.6% last ...