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Be careful what you wish for

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meets again Tuesday next week and no one expects it to raise or lower interest rates after the 6 June soiree. The Australian central bank is caught between the proverbial rock and a hard place. It's caught between ...

Approved to build more dwellings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2017
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Australian Prudential Regulations Authority (APRA) - especially after its tighter home lending regulations announced in late March -- wouldn't be pleased with the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) report ...

No spend, no inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2017
In its 'Summary of Opinions at the Monetary Policy Meeting on April 26 and 27, 2017', released on the 10th of May, the BOJ no longer spoke of an economic "recovery", instead it talked about an economic "expansion" - the most optimistic the BOJ had been ...

Qualitas launches fund, adds two directors

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017
Real estate investment management firm Qualitas hired two new executives to help launch a $500 million construction fund. Mark Power and Gil Norwood both join as directors and will help manage the fund that will finance residential and commercial development ...

Advisers doubtful over super home deposit scheme

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
The practicality of the Federal Government's proposed first home superannuation saver scheme is raising concerns with several financial advisers. HLB Mann Judd wealth management manager Lindzi Caputo said there are still a lot of questions surrounding ...

Housing is cooling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2017
There's not much indication from the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest update on property financing. While the number of total dwelling finance commitments continued to decline - down 0.5% in March after a 0.8% fall in February - their value ...

NAB sells Asian private wealth arm

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017
National Australia Bank is divesting its private wealth business in Singapore and Hong Kong to Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation in a move that will simplify its Asian operations. The sale of its high-net-worth division entitles OCBC Bank to about ...

Strong quarter for CBA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia reported a strong quarterly performance, according to a trading update released to the ASX. Assets under management rose by 6%, while funds under administration increased by 7% in the three months to March compared ...

The growth-inflation divide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017
Bullish on growth, not so on inflation. This is the unifying message from three of the world's major central banks that met over the past 24 hours. As widely expected, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) kept monetary policy settings unchanged - discount rate at ...

Millennials' financial heartache drives P2P lending

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2017
Poor rates on savings accounts, pricey property, and stock market volatility is leading an influx of millennial money to peer-to-peer lending. According to P2P lending platform RateSetter, millennials are coming in droves to seek out alternatives to ...