Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 71 - 80 of 263 results for "Engineering"

Growth maintains momentum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
... rose by 7.1% in the year to February, more than reversing the previous month's 5.1% drop led by a 10.3% jump in civil engineering and a 6.2% increase in building construction. While this stat is dated, more recent consumer confidence readings portend ...

Australia construction activity eases contraction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
... building (down 1.6 points to 45.6); Apartments construction (up 1.4 to 46.1); Commercial construction (down 0.9 to 47.8); Engineering construction (up 7.4 to 48.8). The outlook is for continued subdued construction activity with the new orders index ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
... in contraction territory: houses (down 0.1 to 47.2); apartments (up 4.8 to 44.7); commercial (up 7.2 to 48.7) and engineering (down 2.9 to 41.4). New orders improved by 3.8 points but remained in contraction at a reading of 48.3 while employment fell ...

Evergreen makes senior hires

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
... having held roles such as associate director at Grant Samuel, vice president at AllCapital US, manager - financial engineering at Man Group, and head of investment analytics at AMP Capital Investors. Her skills in asset allocation, fund selection and ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
... falls in all categories over the September quarter: building (-5.7%); residential (-3.1%); non-residential (-10.9%); engineering (-3.8%). By states and territories, decreases in third quarter construction activity were recorded in: NSW (-2.1%); VIC (-6.9%) ...

Industry fund leads way for flexible workplaces

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
... and has been accessed by many of our people. I am delighted to say that the results speak for themselves." Global engineering and infrastructure advisory firm Aurecon have a similar approach; ensuring flexible work is accessible by all employees and ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
... decline, suggesting that activity in this sector is continuing to moderate from more robust mid-year levels." Likewise, "Engineering construction returned to negative territory in October following two months of solid recovery while commercial construction ...

Fidelity names Australian MD

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2016
... International Australia, RBS Australia, KBC Asset Management, and Goodbody Stockbrokers. She also holds a PhD in molecular engineering from Trinity College Dublin. Fidelity International currently invests US$272 billion globally for clients ranging from ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
... bounced back up into expansion territory to a reading of 51.4 in September from 46.6 in August, driven by stronger engineering construction activity. Engineering construction continued to expand in September on the back of increased non-mining infrastructure ...

Machine learning to revolutionise investing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
... explosion of data generation, and the maturing of methodologies from statistics, computer science, mathematics and engineering, amongst other disciplines," Ledford said. "As more data become available, sophisticated machine learning models enable new ...