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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
... term". The RBA sees inflation remaining low for some time before returning to normal levels. While the RBA noted that housing market conditions vary across the country - some rising briskly, others falling - they have strengthened overall with housing ...

Private equity firm secures Telstra site for student housing

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
Student accommodation continues to be an attractive asset class in Australia following the most recent purchase from a global private equity fund manager. Gaw Capital purchased the Telstra Building in Perth's CBD through one of its several funds under ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
... October's monthly gain were driven by the acceleration in lending growth to business (0.5% from 0.2% in September) and housing (0.6% from 0.5%) - with investor housing up 0.6% from 0.5% while owner-occupied was unchanged at 0.5%. Personal credit fell ...

Australia lags in infrastructure returns

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
... focus will be on creating sustainable and liveable urban centres, through the provision of high-quality transportation and housing assets, in order to create environments that can attract the jobs and people required to support economic growth," Robbins ...

Blackstone acquires US$748m portfolio

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016
... fund is part of a series of SPIRE private equity real estate funds investing in private rental multifamily and US seniors housing communities. SPIRE's Australian investors participated in the ROC II fund in 2013 and have benefited from the improving ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2016
... contribution but an improvement from the minus 0.01 in the previous month. The contribution from the personal consumption and housing category also improved to minus 0.03 last month from minus 0.09 in September. Thailand GDP Thailand's economy eased ...

Blue Sky partners for major US project

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2016
... The partnership with Blue Sky follows new managing director Robert Shand highlighting the growing importance of student housing in Blue Sky's portfolio. Blue Sky US investment director Fabian Roche noted that the US student accommodation sector is "highly ...

SG Hiscock hires EQT exec

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
... spent 15 years at HSBC Asset Management. Cole's appointment follows SG Hiscock's strategic review, which led to the in-housing of distribution from EQT earlier this year. SG Hiscock will take portfolio management responsibility for their own products ...

Industry fund fights financial exclusion

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016
... Ventures Australia, a group focused on overcoming disadvantage in Australia by funding education, sustainable jobs, stable housing and appropriate health, disability and community services.

Impact investing driving advice growth

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
... investing in the listed equity space is not going to be able to achieve those very high impact type outcomes like social housing, because companies aren't set out like that. What we try and do is identify companies through the products they make, the ...