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Hot property on notice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... most expensive in the developed world based on 'house price-to-income' measure and the fifth highest on a 'house price-to-rent' basis. A similar study by the OECD (released in May) found Australian property prices the fifth most expensive among OECD ...

Cutting edge data tool finds super members most likely to defect

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
The latest generation of data analytics software can tell super fund bosses who is most likely to leave their fund, and what to do to make them stay. Dr David Black is head of advanced analytics at Empirics. With over 10 years of academic experience ...

HOSTPLUS to buy $600m Woolworths properties

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2014
Industry super fund HOSTPLUS had joined forces with Charter Hall Group to acquire a $603 million portfolio of properties from Woolworths-owned ALH Group. Woolworths described the deal, which is due to go down in October, as "one of the largest hotel ...

SG frozen till 2021, industry 'dismayed'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... Superannuation Contribution in 2017. The laws, which were part of an extensive package of reforms contained in the Minerals Resource Rent Tax Repeal and Other Measures Bill 2014. In a joint statement, Treasurer Joe Hockey and Finance Minister Mathias ...

Govt seeks discretion to freeze super guarantee

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... legislation in the lower house yesterday. The legislation was part of a large suite of amendments labelled the Minerals Resource Rent Tax Repeal and Other Measures Bill 2014 andA the specific section appears on page 37 If enacted the changes would mean ...

Adviser jailed for blowing client funds on fast cars

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
An adviser who defrauded investors out of $1 million to rent sports cars and buy a house has been jailed for more than five years following an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Carlo Cini, a former director ...

Law firm rubbishes Grattan fee report

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... "Opportunities for efficiency gains (which are expressly the focus of the FSI), ought to focus on the presence of economic rent, not on costs. Rent is the concept used by economists to describe the quantum of profit above that required to compensate ...

Brumbie: Super idea, super silly reaction

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... your walls and get a dog without having to get permission from the landlord. And if this wasn't tedious enough we had the rent-a-crowd property doomsayers warning of the inevitable Australian property crash because for some unfathomable reason they are ...

Senate saves the LISC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... repeal of measures related to the mining tax. The LISC, which was a spending measure associated with the Minerals Resource Rent Tax, was saved after the Palmer United Party decided it would oppose its abolition. The income support bonus and the Schoolkids ...

PROFILE: Head of Australian operations at Western Asset Management Anthony Kirkham

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
Anthony Kirkham, the country head of fixedA income giant Western Asset Management, found his calling at a young age. Alice Uribe finds out how he steers a ship that quadrupled its funds under management to $20 billion despite challenging times. Anthony ...