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The Australian Financial Review reports the latest news from business, finance, investment and politics, updated in real time. It has a reputation for independent, award-winning journalism and is essential reading for the business and investor community.
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Glitz, glamour, football: Historic NFL extravaganza captures Melbourne
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (93+ words) AFR Victorian Premier Ben Carroll talked up the significance of the NFL’s first ever regular-season game in Australia as a crowed expected to near 100,000 thronged the MCG and Melbourne came to a near standstill for the event. “It’s going to…...
NFL at MCG shows global games gatecrashing Australian sport
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (123+ words) AFR If the ubiquity of global sports encourages Australians youngsters to look overseas for professional sporting careers, the AFL and NRL may find themselves on the losing side of a global war for top sporting talent. About 100,000 spectators will pack…...
More sellers bail out of auction campaigns as market cools rapidly
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (87+ words) AFR More than half of homes advertised for auction nationally are being flipped to private sales before their listed auction date as an increasing number of sellers lose hope in striking a sale in a rapidly cooling market. In Sydney,…...
Rams shrug off last-minute arrival before blockbuster NFL game
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (97+ words) AFR The president of the Los Angeles Rams shrugged off his team’s decision to arrive just 24 hours before Friday’s historic National Football League clash in Melbourne against the San Francisco 49ers, who by match day will have spent a full week…...
Melbourne’s office property market is a symbol of a busted state
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (89+ words) AFR Office property is in the midst of a fightback. Except in Melbourne, where dumb policy decisions continue to weigh on the market, and Victoria more broadly. Deborah Coakley, the head of real estate at the $135 billion investment giant QIC,…...
IFM says international investors ‘don’t want to talk about Melbourne’
6+ day, 21+ hour ago (101+ words) AFR The industry superannuation sector’s infrastructure and property specialist says high taxes and poor governance in Victoria is stopping international investors from spending money in the state, warning a reset is needed to convince major asset managers to have faith…...
Auction activity down by a third as spring selling season kicks off
1+ week, 22+ hour ago (103+ words) AFR The number of homes being sold at auction is down by nearly a third compared with last year, marking a soft start to the spring selling season as vendors grapple with falling property prices and hesitant buyers. Across the…...
End of the road for Sydney’s Platypus Asset Management
1+ week, 6+ day ago (98+ words) AFR Jelena Stevanovic, was the CEO of Platypus Asset Management. Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Australian Unity unloads $290m hospital in fund sell-off It is the first major divestment from the wealth giant’s $3 billion healthcare…...
Sellers ditch auctions as housing market weakens
2+ week, 4+ day ago (74+ words) Property sellers ditch auctions as housing market weakens AFR The share of homes listed for auction has almost halved this year as sellers retreat from the public market, where buyer appetite has cooled dramatically following successive interest rate rises and…...
Scentre housing pipeline: Westfield owner plans 25,600 new apartments across Australian shopping centres
2+ week, 6+ day ago (57+ words) Westfield owner Scentre eyes 25,000 apartments at its malls AFR Australia’s biggest shopping centre owner, Scentre, which owns Westfield malls, is ramping up an ambitious plan to develop housing across its suburban land bank, increasing its apartment pipeline to more than…...