Articles by Malavika Santhebennur

Commercial Property, Residential Property

Sydney vacancy rate shows sharp rise

January 9, 2018

The residential vacancy rate increased significantly in Sydney in November compared to other Australian capital cities, while the national residential vacancy rate rose only slightly to 2.2 per cent, according to SQM Research.

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Economy

Economy shows trend growth

January 9, 2018

Malavika Santhebennur

Solid major trading partner growth and pending public infrastructure work will cushion the end of the most recent housing boom, while business investment is also poised to become a source of growth, Janus Henderson Investors has predicted.

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Infrastructure

Interest rate rises favour infrastructure

December 8, 2017

Malavika Santhebennur

The common investment view that infrastructure assets are bond proxies that will not perform well when interest rates rise is overly simplistic, according to RARE Infrastructure.

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Cryptocurrency

Caution needed over bitcoin investing

December 8, 2017

Malavika Santhebennur

The use of bitcoin may be a return to the gold standard, but while early investors in the cryptocurrency may initially be optimistic following rising prices, they need to be aware of the pitfalls, ETF Securities has warned.

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Residential Property

Perth records highest residential vacancies

December 8, 2017

Malavika Santhebennur

Residential vacancy rates in Perth are the highest of any capital city in Australia despite a drop in October, according to data released by SQM Research.

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ETFs

ETP market set to end year on record high

December 8, 2017

Malavika Santhebennur

Australia’s exchange-traded product (ETP) market is projected to finish the year at $35 billion in assets, with investors increasingly opting for low-cost exchange-traded funds (ETF), according to VanEck.

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