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DomaCom gets ASIC tick for bond crowdfunding

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
... to launch and will allow for investment loans in the DomaCom property portfolio. They will offer a yield of 3.54% over the RBA cash rate with the security of a first registered mortgage and a loan-to value ratio (LVR) of less than 50%." "Mortgage Bonds ...

A bump up in credit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
... terms, total credit growth quickened from 5.4% in November to 5.6% last month - the fastest since August last year (when the RBA cut interest rates from 1.75% to 1.50%). Loans to businesses grew the fastest over the month of December (up 1.1% from 0.6%). ...

Low prices inflate RBA rate cut chances

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017
... quarter. Inflation might be heading in the right direction - away from deflation - but it remains below even the low end of the RBA's 2% -3% target range. Even the core measures of inflation have remained stuck below the 2% bottom range through all of ...

Moody Aussies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
... and home owners) - along with rising interest rates (big banks have started raising mortgage rates) and slim chance of the RBA cutting interest rates this year. Recall that consumer sentiment jumped in the month of May (8.5%) and August (2.0%) last year ...

ING partners for fraud prevention

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
... provider to upgrade its fraud detection and prevention facilities. The move occurs ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) launching the New Payments Platform, which will allow real-time transactions between any participating authorised deposit-taking ...

Trump to boost Aussie commodities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
... also stand to benefit." SSGA also highlights the potential for banks, insurers and diversified financials to benefit from the RBA possibly moving away from its policy of loosening as rates gradually start to move higher; "Several key players in the sector ...

ANZ director retires after nine years

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 DEC 2016
An ANZ director retired following the bank's annual general meeting having served on the board for nine years. Former RBA governor and distinguished economist Ian Macfarlane became an ANZ director in 2007; at the time, he also became a director at Woolworths. ...

RBA hires Women's Leadership Institute chair

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
... Property Trust and national president of the Property Council of Australia. Congratulating Schwartz on her new role at the RBA, Treasurer Scott Morrison said: "I am pleased to announce the appointment of Ms Carol Schwartz AM to the Reserve Bank Board ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
... Final demand grew by 0.1% each in NSW, QLD and SA. It declined by 0.4% in VIC, 0.3% in TAS and 1.3% in the ACT. Australia RBA policy decision As widely-expected, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept the official cash rate unchanged at a record low ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
... territories. The building approvals figures are notoriously volatile but with the underlying trend clearly on a downward path, the RBA will be closely monitoring this, especially because of housing's large multiplier effect on the economy.