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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
... equity valuations. Locally on Thursday, official jobs figures for April are released, and the Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association performance of construction index is due out. In equities news, National Australia Bank releases its ...

Will nice numbers make RBA a bad guy?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
With numbers like these, who needs a rate cut? Indications of an improving labour market and strong - very strong - housing approvals are the latest domestic economic stats the men and women of the Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would ...

First Super appoints independent director

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2015
... will "add a new dimension to the skills, experience and prestige of our board." Broad's ministerial portfolios included housing, local government, energy and resources, and ports.

Govt should support pensioner reverse mortgage access: CIS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... exempting the family home is regressive because it rewards people who already have capital. "Homeowners tend to have more non-housing assets than non-homeowners... Yet homeowner pension entitlements are often similar to those with few assets and no other ...

ALP outlines superannuation tax policy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
... retirement policy which should include all the parts which make up the whole picture: super, the age pension, social security, housing and aged care systems. All of these need to be sustainable and considered holistically, not in isolation," Loane said. ...

A fantabulous set of jobs numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... about expectations of more permanent income that, in turn, encourages spending (but pretty please, not on more investment housing). Full-time jobs increased by 41,900 in Feb. The unemployment rate also flashed good news, falling to 6.1% in March from ...

AMP chief economist says housing future messy

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
Housing is an expensive option for investors, offering low rental yields compared to all other assets except bank deposits and government bonds. This is the view of AMP Capital chief economist Shane Oliver, who recently penned an analysis on Australian ...

Regional banks call for FSI reforms without delay

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
... and aggregator market. They were largely supportive of the government's recommendations; especially an average advanced housing risk weight of between 25% and 30% on "advanced" banks. The banks said the inquiry's final report makes a series of recommendations ...

RBA rate cut: earlier and more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015
... investors, however, particularly in the largest cities. Ongoing strong speculative demand would tend to amplify the run-up in housing prices and increase the risk that prices in at least some regions might fall significantly later on. In the first instance ...

All roads leading to China's "one road"

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
"If you build it, they will come." Reports have it that China's fresh steps to strengthen its weakening housing market - by lowering down-payments, reducing taxes and easing restrictions on the use of retirement savings for home purchases - and expectations ...