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Taxes and housing dominate election race

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025
... big spending policies to woo voters. If elected, Labor has promised first home buyers a government loan guarantee to purchase a property with just a 5% deposit. Additionally, Albanese said the government will invest $10 billion to build 100,000 new homes ...

Michael Dwyer joins impact fund board

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
... date, the fund has enabled 35 essential workers to become homeowners through co-investing up to 50% of the home's purchase price across 24 properties.

Super for housing would benefit 4% of homebuyers: ASFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2025
... million eligible first home buyers would be able to do this, showing the scheme will enable "very few" individuals to purchase a property. The data showed most eligible buyers have modest balances - half have less than $18,000. Further, ASFA analysis ...

Chalmers boosts Help to Buy scheme, construction sector

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... the Help to Buy program, the government provides an equity contribution of up to 40% to support eligible home buyers to purchase a home with a lower deposit and a smaller mortgage. Around 40,000 Australian households locked out of the market will be ...

Tranche 2 of DBFO dumps SOAs, enables 'nudges'

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
... government services and payments. Super funds will not be able to collectively charge for advice where it relates to the purchase or disposal of non-super assets or other financial products, holistic financial planning, and estate and tax planning advice. ...

Fixing retirement system an election priority: Grattan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
... government annuity be introduced. Retirees should be encouraged to allocate 80% of any super balance above $250,000 to purchase an annuity, with the rest to be drawn via an account-based pension that provides flexible access to capital. "This would boost ...

Korean pension fund takes $50m stake in Metrics

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
... estate-focused investment strategies. NPS has completed a number of large real estate deals in Australia already, including the purchase of Aurora Place, Sydney, for $685 million in 2010 - which marked the largest property transaction post-GFC. In addition ...

Luxury asset investment platform launches for high-net-worth investors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2025
Local technology firm MUSE has developed a platform that links high-net-worth investors and family offices with sellers of investment-grade luxury assets and high-end collectibles. The platform currently offers access to US$150 million worth of investment-grade ...

Metrics acquires BC Investment Group

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2025
... available capital. Metrics said it considers BCI to be a high-quality business with strong growth prospects. The initial purchase price to acquire the balance of shares not already held by the Credit Trust is $140.3 million, however a deferred consideration ...

Outlook favourable for practice valuations: Guide

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2025
... for buyers. "Previously, age influenced a buyer view of the client's lifetime value with the practice, propensity to purchase additional services and somewhat the level of interest they would provide to the adviser. Now the fees clients pay is far more ...