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AustralianSuper kicks off $1.1bn UK living plan with acquisition

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
... $1.1 billion in the country's living sector over the next 12 months. The $382 billion super fund has acquired the student housing portfolio with over 1600 beds from global real assets manager Harrison Street Asset Management. The purpose-built student ...

RBA opts to keep cash rate on hold

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
... growth in both consumption and demand, particularly in private demand, has provided an optimistic outlook for the board. As housing market activity and prices prick up, financial conditions have eased, as credit becomes more readily available to households ...

Cbus appoints chief financial officer

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
... oversee finance, data and analytics, business risk and compliance, and investment enablement. Tim Elliott joins Cbus from Housing Australia where he was the chief financial officer for a year. He brings more than 30 years' experience in financial ...

Renters need twice as much super, risk poverty in retirement: SCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2025
... retirement disaster if the government doesn't act. Long-term solutions need to focus on getting more people into affordable housing," he said. "But we've got a crisis facing retirees right now, Commonwealth Rent Assistance has not kept pace with actual ...

Chalmers spurs on private sector investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2025
... was the primary driver of growth in the quarter, driven by a surge of investment in technology. It's a similar story for housing." Chalmers said while there is "no shortage of challenges" in the Australian economy, the private sector recovery "so conspicuous" ...

Zagga raises $65m for Sydney real estate development

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2025
... developments benefit from the significant tailwinds in Sydney's property market, which is experiencing strong demand for housing but a significant lack of supply." FIIG originated and structured the deal as the lead arranger, ensuring the offer met ...

APRA's fresh guardrails to impact property investors

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
... Regulation Authority (APRA) will limit high debt-to-income (DTI) home lending in a move to pre-emptively contain a build-up of housing-related vulnerabilities in the financial system, APRA chair John Lonsdale said. From 1 February 2026, the limit on ...

Inflation hits 3.8% in October

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
... Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), beating market expectations of 3.6%. The largest contributors to annual inflation were housing (+5.9%), clothing and footwear (5.4%), education (5.4%), food and non-alcoholic beverages (+3.2%), and recreation and ...

Quay Global lists two active ETFs

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2025
... securities on exchanges globally. They offer exposure to retail, office and residential sectors, as well as aged care, student housing, data centres and storage facilities. Typically holding between 20 to 40 securities, portfolio income is mostly generated ...

IMF tells Chalmers to curb spending

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2025
... productivity in Australia. "We've made substantial progress on productivity reform since our roundtable in August, across housing, environmental approvals, better regulation, artificial intelligence, and simplifying trade, with more underway," Chalmers ...