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The $17trn infra opportunity investors have overlooked

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... According to a McKinsey study, almost US$12 trillion ($17.1 trillion) will be spent in water between 2013 and 2030. "The extra incentive for institutional investors with environmental and social concerns is that companies focused on the provision of ...

Super doing its job: Actuaries Institute

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015
... median couple has twice the wealth nearing retirement as a lower wealth couple ($1.2 million vs $580,000) but have only 50% extra annual income ($68,700 vs $45,900), again indicating the importance of the Age Pension in providing a base level of income ...

PROFILE: J.P. Morgan head of Australia funds David Hallifax

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... in Perth. "It was pretty easy work," he says, "but one Friday they said we were going to do something different for some extra cash." Suspicious but needing the money, Hallifax got in a car with his new colleagues and drove off to the suburbs. The "sales ...

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
Australia's giant neighbours have been the world's largest source of growth for years. But the great investment opportunity is full of traps and markets often fall in erratic behaviours. Laura Millan asks eight key questions to understand Asia and to ...

A$ falls to the occasion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2015
... Australian exporters would find their wares more competitive in the world market. Not only that, exporters would receive an extra boost from their US dollar earnings when it is translated back into Australian dollars. Wait there's more! Australian import-competing ...

Put your tax return in to super

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
... than a decade and the returns could be more than $150,000, Club Plus Super said. It is a potential solution to raising the extra $130,000 A needed for a comfortable retirement as suggested by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) ...

SelectingSuper CompareOnline enhances research depth

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... investment options, more than 15,000 group insurance policy risk selections, 2,500 fee options as well as the multitude of extra benefits available through super funds and platforms." "The investment fee data coverage now encompasses more than 11,000 ...

Empire State bombs out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2015
... of a Fed lift-off and that it is no fluke and that it is an ominous portend of bad things to come to the US economy, be extra careful. For the same report shows that the New York region's manufacturers more optimistic about their future with the index ...

High expectations suggests need for retirement advice

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
... money to live the retirement lifestyle that they were looking for." Shead said if looking at people's willingness to make extra contributions and their willingness to take on risk in retirement goals or plans "we see healthier outcomes for people who ...

Retail funds get behind campaign to lower fees

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... fees are too high. More competition is needed across the superannuation industry to reduce fees so Australians can have extra savings in retirement." The statement follows claims by a number of industry experts over the last few days saying that superannuation ...