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Trump plans to ban large investors from buying homes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026

... thing... People live in homes, not corporations," he wrote. Institutions are often cited as being a core driver behind the US housing affordability crisis, buying up properties that would historically have gone to first-time buyers and turning them into ...

The Big Short's Michael Burry shutters fund

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2025

... talent in the field of investment and the most prodigious thinker I have ever encountered." Burry's bet against the US housing market in the lead up to the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) was made famous in the book The Big Short and thereafter the ...

Limiting negative gearing could add $2bn in annual revenue

ELIZA BAVIN | MONDAY, 30 SEP 2024

Making changes to negative gearing could be worth at least $2 billion a year in revenue, while reducing the capital gains tax discount could be worth around $5 billion a year, according to new research from the Grattan Institute. This comes as Treasurer ...

Government pledges $2bn to fast-track social housing

ANDREW MCKEAN | MONDAY, 19 JUN 2023

The government has unveiled a $2 billion Social Housing Accelerator investment to expedite the construction of new social housing across Australia. The Social Housing Accelerator funds will be dispensed to State and Territory governments within the ...

Government progresses social housing measures

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2023

The Albanese government's package of social and affordable housing legislation was introduced in parliament overnight. Under the Housing Australia Future Fund Bill 2023, some $10 billion will be used to deliver 30,000 social and affordable homes. ...

Foreign investment fees to double

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2022

Foreign investors will pay an additional $455 million in Foreign Investment Review Board fees over the next four years under new regulations. Seeing through an election promise, Treasurer Jim Chalmers is doubling fees for offshore investors from July ...

Local fundie to manage US funds

KANIKA SOOD | WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020

... the sector." Auctus and Student Quarters are also aiming to raise an initial amount US$50 million to acquire other US housing assets. Auctus is led by Campbell McComb as its managing director. He has previously worked as Newgate Capital Partners' head ...

Land tax, not stamp duty: Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020

A draft report into reforming GST and reducing inefficient taxes has reignited calls for the scrapping of stamp duty when buying or selling a home, to be replaced by a broad-based land tax. The NSW Review of Federal Financial Relations draft report ...

Jamie Dimon recovering after emergency heart surgery

ALLY SELBY | MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020

... chemotherapy. Dimon has led JPMorgan since the end of 2005, after the bank's merger in 2004 with Bank One. Following the US housing bubble, JPMorgan emerged as the biggest bank in the US, and would later become the world's most valuable bank by market ...

Chief economist update: The Fed pause that refreshes

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2019

... by Trading Economics counts the number of improving stats in America: US New Home Sales Jump to Near 1-1/2-Year High US Housing Starts Fall to Near 2-Year Low in March US Manufacturing Growth Holds Steady at Near 2-Year Low US Retail Sales Post Biggest ...

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Invesco launches new equity fund

ELIZA BAVIN

Invesco said the new fund will give Australian investors access to a systematic global equity strategy with a 20-year track record.

FCA pursues Neil Woodford again

KARREN VERGARA

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is going after failed fund manager Neil Woodford again, this time for allegedly providing unauthorised investment advice via W4.0, his Dubai-based investment platform.

Former APRA deputy chair launches retirement solutions startup

KARREN VERGARA

A former APRA deputy chair has launched CipherIQ, a new venture that provides retirement solutions via account-based pensions in partnership with superannuation funds, financial advisers and retirees.

Global X launches space tech ETF

MATTHEW WAI

Global X has now launched the space tech ETF (ASX: MOON).

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