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AFCA, key housing bills passed

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2017
... produced challenges which will be difficult for AFCA to overcome," the submission said. Alongside the passage of AFCA, two housing affordability measures - the First Home Buyers Super Savers Scheme and the Reducing Pressure on Housing Affordability Measures ...

Industry rolls out anti-sexual harassment ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017
... maximise social impact with market returns and plans to launch a suite of ETFs in the areas of affordable healthcare and housing, the arts and veterans' affairs. "We are committed to working with non-profit organisations that want to harness the power ...

OECD tells RBA to take a hike

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2017
"The economy will continue growing at a robust pace. Business investment outside the housing and mining sectors will pick up, with exports boosted as new resource-sector capacity comes on stream. The strengthening labour market and household incomes ...

ARCO Investment Management launches new strategy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2017
... seems to be less immediate upward pressure on short rates in Australia, yet investors remain wary about the outlook for housing and its broader implications for the economy and equity market. "Given these issues, in addition to a number of geo-political ...

Property investing key to outlasting super

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
... eight measures: economic growth, retail spending, business investment, unemployment, construction work, population growth, housing finance and dwelling starts, he said. Meanwhile, a new report from Industry Super Australia shows housing affordability ...

Younger generations gaining super ground

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
... generations in a long term issue such as superannuation, when they are most likely to have shorter term priorities such as housing affordability and lifestyle," Roy Morgan industry communications director Norman Morris said. "Concerns relating to rule ...

Industry Super pushes for affordable housing asset class

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
Establishing a new asset class that targets institutional funds and offers affordable rental housing could help curb the housing affordability crisis, Industry Super Australia's latest whitepaper shows. ISA chief economist and report author Stephen ...

Surefire Melbourne Cup bet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
... and alcoholics (prices rose 7.0% over the year) which, of course, contributed to rising health costs (up 3.9% yoy) and housing led by an 11.5% jump in power bills and a 3.1% increase in new dwelling purchase by owner-occupiers. These were partly offset ...

Advice improves lifestyle outcomes: Research

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... also adds value all the way through your life in the choices you can afford to make about schooling, insurance, holidays, housing and personal interests." "The important thing to measure is how it adds value to every life stage and enables individuals' ...

First Super appoints board member

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2017
... 1999. Chatfield has also served on a myriad of boards and similar bodies, including as the current chair of Aboriginal Housing Victoria, current chair of Martang, a member of the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council and the Aboriginal Stakeholder Group ...