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Chief economist update: Negative bang for RBA, government's buck

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2019
... a positive - it's 7.3% higher than last year and above the long-term average of 130. Consumer sentiment regarding housing - "time to buy a dwelling" - dropped by 5.4% in October. Why wouldn't it? Despite lower borrowing costs - and abstracting ...

Stronghold launches open-ended fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2019
... including liquidity in the event circumstances change. Additionally, Stronghold said it could enhance the portfolio effect by housing all of the fund's commercial property within one structure, pointing out management could "mix-and-match" tenants according ...

Treasury agreed with Grattan SG modelling

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
... Treasury collated its responses into two pages. This included inputs from its retirement income, tax analysis and the housing team in social policy division. It made general and specific comments on Grattan's draft report including on treatment of ...

AXA IM dips toes in Aussie student housing

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2019
... years old. AXA said the venture will make further investments in the sector to create a pre-eminent portfolio of student housing assets in Australia. It will have exclusive access to Scape's development pipeline, from which it can selectively acquire ...

Chief economist update: RBA not risking market disappointment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2019
... ahead, growth is expected to strengthen gradually. Notes support from low rates, income tax cuts, infrastructure spending, housing market stabilization and the outlook for resources. Continues to see support for household income coming from stabilizing ...

First carbon neutral super fund named

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
... action from governments and organisations around the globe. In July this year, HESTA invested $20 million to help improve housing affordability and sustainability via a carbon-neutral, scalable apartment project in Brunswick, consisting of six buildi ...

UniSuper scolds Aussie equity fundies

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
... global and Aussie equities, Aussie fixed income, Aussie property and cash are managed in-house. Pearce then said the in-housing of investments hasn't been a grand plan, but has been shaped by the investment talent that comes on the market. "We probably ...

Super fund invests in disability housing

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2019
A $1.6 billion superannuation fund has pledged $40 million to a specialist disability housing provider via its impact investing subsidiary. The superannuation fund's investment management arm Brightlight has made a cornerstone investment in DPN ...

Chief economist update: RBA heading to zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
... "the low level of interest rates, recent tax cuts, ongoing spending on infrastructure, signs of stabilisation in some housing markets and a brighter outlook for the resources sector" would support the domestic economy, it remains unsure about "the outlook ...

Super fund commits $20m for housing affordability

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2019
HESTA has invested $20 million to help improve housing affordability and sustainability via a scalable, innovative apartment project. Targeted at first home buyers, Affordable Housing clients and those working in key community occupations, 'Nightingale ...