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Green light for SMSF family property investment

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
... "What is important at this juncture is that the government recognises that there are commercial solutions to the issue of housing funding for those looking to buy property. Unlike some overseas models, where money is released from the pension to help ...

Ageing population presents investment potential

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... established, aided by a long history of zero interest rates and the resulting appetite for yield. The emerging senior housing opportunity could be the catalyst for both Korea and China to further develop their REIT options, and provide an attractive ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... and expectations for a 0.15 reading. The index's four main components - production, employment, personal consumption & housing and sales, orders & inventories - all declined over the month. The latest reading "suggests that growth in national economic ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
... year over year increase). Sydney went up by 3.6% in the year to the June quarter following a 9.7% pick up in March. US housing starts US housing starts fell by 5.8% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.142 million units in August from 1.212 million ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
US housing market index The NAHB housing market index rose to a reading of 65 in September, a sharp improvement from the previous month's 59 level. This was better than the expected increase to 60 and the best reading since October 2015. Better, all ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
... after recording a 3.7% fall in June driven by a 9.8% jump in revolving credit and a 0.3% rise in fixed loans. However, housing finance commitments for owner occupation (excluding alterations and additions) decreased by 3.1% in July following June's 1.6% ...

Kina appoints Suncorp vet as director

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2016
... director of Queensland Treasury Corporation, Stanwell Corporation, InFocus Wealth Management and the National Affordable Housing Consortium. She also sits on the Queensland Advisory board at AustralianSuper, and was chief risk officer at Suncorp Bank ...

Low rates signify opportunity for reinvesting

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
... industries are needed to replace what's been lost in commodities." Comegys also warned attendees to keep their eye on the housing market, pointing to Perth as potentially indicative of what's to come in other capital cities. "I can't predict whether ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
... increased by 0.4% in July - in line with market expectations - following a 0.2% gain in the previous month. Credit to housing and to business went up by 0.5% and 0.3%, respectively while personal credit dipped by 0.1%. The swings in the monthly private ...

NAB dispels housing bubble "toil and trouble"

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016
A NAB executive played down fears of a housing crisis in Australia at an Actuaries Institute seminar. Speaking at the seminar in Sydney, NAB's global head of research for the global markets division Peter Jolly said that while Australian real estate ...