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European Cities Fund makes first acquisition

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
... from the previous month, taking the year-on-year growth in house prices up from 9.7% to 10.1% -- the fastest annual growth rate since July 2014. Purchases by "buy-to-let" investors and buyers of second homes ahead of April's increase in the stamp duty ...

QIC acquires stake in US mall

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2016
... existing portfolio is achieving good income growth off the back of robust retail sales, coupled with a sustained low interest rate environment," said Leigh.

Housing market set to flat line not crash: QIC

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... that borrowers aren't stretched, with mortgage servicing obligations as a share of income well managed in the current low rate environment. Data from QIC shows that households are consistently able to increase their offset balances while also pay more ...

QIC purchases New York shopping centre

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
... existing portfolio is achieving good income growth off the back of robust retail sales, coupled with a sustained low interest rate environment," Leigh said. "The continued expansion of our interests in the retail sector across the US is a key element ...

Perth toll road an opportunity for super funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... Western Australian and federal governments have agreed to funding arrangements for the 13.4 kilometre Perth Freight Link - the city's first toll road - which will connect north-eastern suburbs to Fremantle. Nalder said in his interview that tolls from ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... lower for a second straight day despite getting a brief lift on indications that the Reserve Bank is open to more interest rate cuts. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 43.7 points, or 0.77 per cent, at 5,615.5 points. The broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... Index shed 3.23 (0.06 per cent) at 5,007.79. New construction of homes in the United States rose 2.0 per cent to an annual rate of 926,000 units, the Commerce Department said, a smaller increase than expected. Initial claims for US unemployment insurance ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
Expectations of a Chinese interest rate cut have boosted the Australian share market, with the big miners making the strongest gains. Comments from People's Bank of China governor Zhou Xiaochuan suggesting further monetary policy easing boosted Wall ...

Sustaining confidence in the Australian financial system: Murray

DAVID MURRAY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... financial crisis produced a sharp fall in economic growth and an increase of nearly two percentage points in the unemployment rate. Overseas, the impact was much more severe. Reinhart and Rogoff suggest that the average cost of a banking crisis is a ...