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Financial planning

The financial services industry’s gender composition at the executive level should better reflect the customer base, ING Direct said....

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Bankers are being warned to manage the risks associated with lending for commercial property purchases carefully, or face significant pain in a downturn....

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Investors who back Perth’s CBD office market are in line for strong rents over the next 10 years, according to property group, JLL....

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Sydney and Melbourne are proving popular with Asian commercial property investors, according to CBRE....

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ASIC is taking action over companies associated with the 21st Century Group and Jamie McIntyre as it alleges five banking schemes are unregistered managed investment sche...

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Changes to gaming legislation in Queensland are set to make the state’s pubs an enticing proposition for investors, after a bumper year for hotel transaction....

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Federation Centres chief executive, Steven Sewell, has agreed to leave the company after playing a key role in the shopping centre giant’s merger with the Novion Property...

Financial planning

First home buyers were opting for investment properties over owner-occupied homes as property prices skyrocketed in Australian capital cities....

Financial planning

Financial advisers must monitor the legality of foreign investment into Australian property, amidst calls for transparent rules to govern the investors....

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Property investors are being urged to take advantage of the opportunities available in the healthcare and retirement living sector....

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Office vacancy rates in Melbourne’s CBD are set to drop to eight per cent by 2018 on the back of a recovery in the financial services sector, research reveals....

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The Cromwell Property Group is closing out the financial year strongly, having secured 60 leases totalling over 80,000 square metres....

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The March quarter saw an $80 billion rise in property assets and such large allocations to the asset could expose households to higher interest rates and sudden falls in ...

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Mortgage lenders are likely to pull the plug on interest only loans in response to warning from APRA about the need to slow investor credit growth....

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Property investors are forecasting that non-residential assets will outperform the equities market over the coming 12 to 24 months, the API reveals....

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