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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2016
... nothing alarming to a reversal in the trend for new home sales. There is a cyclical downturn ahead for new residential construction activity, as new home sales signal, but the early pullback will be mild by historical standards". Nevertheless, "A key ...

New Spring FG SMSF platform opens

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
... one-off or ongoing personal advice and recommendations. "Whether seeking specific advice on insurance or portfolio construction, or more strategic advice on matters such as contributions or retirement structuring, mysuper247 members will be able to access ...

Global bond funds underinvested in EMD

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
... Investors should be considering emerging market debt as a separate asset class for its uncorrelated benefits to portfolio construction," he said. According to Fine, an unconstrained and nimble approach is the ideal way of investing in emerging market ...

IOOF appoints direct equities head

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
... Paul Saliba will continue to have oversight of equity research in his ongoing role as head of equities and portfolio construction." This news follows IOOF's appointment of two new research managers in May: Miriam Herold as head of managed funds research ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
... cycle has passed, but the descent we're now observing is very mild. This signals the potential for very healthy home construction activity throughout 2016, much as we have been anticipating Our forecasts reflect an expectation that a modest decline in ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
Australia construction work done The value of construction work done in Australia fell by 2.6% in the March quarter, missing market expectations for a quarter-on-quarter decline of 1.5% but an improvement from December's 2.9% contraction and September's ...

Qualitas adds two directors

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
... market. Qualitas group managing director Andrew Schwartz said: "The major banks are uniformly pulling back from their construction lending activities due to various regulatory constraints and some concerns around the combination of significant foreign ...

Knight Financial Advisors unveils new MDA service

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016
... the group's investment committee to strengthen the decision making process and provide greater insight on portfolio construction, asset allocation and investment selection. According to Peter Farlie, director of Knight Financial Advisors, the new MDA ...

Centuria acquires Zenith Centre, launches new fund

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2016
... years. The withdrawal of commercial office space in the CBD and North Shore due to residential conversion and the construction of the Metro will drive above trend rental growth and mean excellent total returns for our investor clients. "Chatswood is ...

ISPT increases stake in Brisbane mall

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016
... announced Mandurah Forum in Western Australia will be redeveloped, doubling its size and creating about 1000 jobs during construction and more than 700 ongoing retail jobs on completion. The transformation is to open in 2018. The joint venture also recently ...