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Cbus operations chief heads for exit

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
... departure follows the appointment of a new chief financial officer in Tim Elliott. Elliott held the same role for a year at Housing Australia, and previously worked at StatePlus Super, Aware Super, and ESSSuper. Day's exit also follows that of several ...

NGS Super backs Gresham House forestry platform

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2025
... shares our long-term view of sustainable real assets," he said. "Forestry is uniquely positioned to support Australia's housing and construction requirements, create regional jobs, and contribute to national climate objectives. The Strategy Platform ...

RBA hike may come as soon as February

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
... anticipating a rate hike as early as February. "We believe a tight labour market, new (higher) inflation forecasts, strong housing and household consumption all point to monetary policy being too accommodative," Citi economist Faraz Syed. "Therefore ...

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 ...