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The case for indexed annuity bonds

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2018
... be an effective strategy to fund post-retirement consumption and help governments build infrastructure such as public housing. IABs are simply term annuities - investors lend an amount sufficient to finance the investment, and borrowers repay a fixed ...

Chief economist update: Steady at 24 and counting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2018
... economy strengthens. The central forecast is for CPI inflation to be a bit above 2% in 2018." "Nationwide measures of housing prices are little changed over the past six months. Conditions in the Sydney and Melbourne housing markets have eased, with ...

NAB names wealth advocate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2018
... Australian Council for International Development; deputy chair of the Asylum Seekers Centre, and a board member of City West Housing and Energy Consumers Australia. NAB chief customer officer of consumer banking and wealth Andrew Hagger said since Kingsford-Smith's ...

Software provider wins European asset management mandate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
... Australian superannuation administration, with support for Superstream member account attribute service (MAAS) and government housing affordability measures. Bravura chief operating officer APAC Jon Alder said the maturity of the Sonata delivery platform ...

Chief economist update: Fed flattens the yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018
... was due to the global savings glut and increasing globalisation. In testimony before the US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on February 17, 2005, Alan Greenspan remarked that: "Long-term interest rates have trended lower in recent ...

HESTA commits $40m to impact investments

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018
... opportunities to invest for both social and financial return." "We are pleased that our investments, in social and affordable housing and state of the art aged care, are helping to build an Australia where all people and communities can thrive; and we ...

Chief economist update: A prelude to an RBA cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2018
... and is likely to remain so for some time...The central forecast is for CPI inflation to be a bit above 2% in 2018. "The housing markets in Sydney and Melbourne have slowed. Nationwide measures of housing prices are little changed over the past six months ...

Outlook darkens for bank stocks

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
Major bank stocks could tumble up to 40% if the correction in the housing market gets more disorderly, UBS analysts led by Jonathan Mott said in a research note dated May 30. However, this "credit crunch" is not yet UBS' base case, even though it ...

Chief economist update: Building approvals on a slowing trend

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
... Statistics' (ABS) latest update on building approvals is consistent with views of slowing activity in the country's housing market. But perhaps, not as dire as the headline seasonally-adjusted monthly numbers suggest. Total dwelling units approved ...

NSW Treasury appoints productivity commissioner

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
... Commission will initially focus on four core themes: Making it easier to do business; lowering the cost of living; making housing more affordable; and making NSW the easiest state to move to. Perrottet said the new productivity commissioner will also ...