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Chief economist update: Home cooling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released figures showing that the annual growth rate in Australian residential property prices continued to ease in the December 2017 quarter. The "weighted average of eight capital cities" residential property ...

Wealth technology firm acquired for $6.8bn

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2018
... automation and efficiency across wealth management account servicing." SS&C chair and chief executive Bill Stone said: "The rate of change, the technology required, and the requirements of integrated solutions in the investment and wealth management ...

Only way is up for global economy: Baur

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
... stocks or bonds. In terms of other asset classes, Baur likes commercial real estate in various parts of the world. "Not every city in the US nor in Europe, but I think there are places where job growth is good and commercial real estate will still be ...

Low-flation to lower-flation?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2017
... minutes of the RBA's 4 July board meeting were just that... speculations of interpretations, sending the A$/US$ exchange rate down to US$0.7908 from US$0.7935 before the CPI report's release. No problems here, especially with regards to the lowered value ...

Australian property love affair cannot please everyone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
... December last year), the love affair with property continues. As at the end of June, CoreLogic data showed that the five city capital aggregate property prices for all dwellings increased by 9.7% over the year, up from 8.5% in May. Private sector credit ...

Cooling property market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017
... residential property prices recorded strong growth (up 2.8% in Q1 2017 from a similar 2.8% increase in Q4 2016). The quarterly rate of growth in property prices slowed in four cities -- Sydney (3.0% in Q1 2017 from 5.2% in Q4 2016); Melbourne (3.1% from ...

Be careful what you wish for

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
... month, marking the fourth straight month of sequential year-on-year slowing. Still not bad but not when you consider that the rate of slowdown had been slowed only by continued buoyancy in credit to housing - up 6.5% in the year to April with investment ...

Worried parents prefer banks over stocks: Stockspot

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
... after-tax return of 7% per year would result in $60,000 in 20 years. [This can be] compared to today's average bank interest rate of less than 2% which would achieve only about $32,500." In the report parents cited a number of reasons to avoid investment ...

Expanding expansion in manufacturing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2017
... very eyes" if the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) shifts - up or down - monetary policy settings when it meets today. No rate cut is in the cards this afternoon despite latest signs that the property market is cooling. CoreLogic reports that, The two ...

Higher and higher

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2017
... third and second quarters, respectively. This is sharply higher than market expectations for a 2.4% gain and takes the annual rate of increase in property prices up to 7.7% in the December quarter from 3.5% in the three-months ended September 2016. As ...