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Food security back on the radar

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
... co-portfolio manager of the soft commodities fund at CFSGAM, said a range of factors including a burgeoning global population is putting finite resources under pressure. "What's happened this year in terms of wheat production in Russia and drought in ...

AustralianSuper seizes infra leadership

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
... flashpoint political issue during the election following realisation that the backlash in swing electorates against population growth is heavily linked to poor levels of infrastructure spending and planning by State governments. But this is just the ...

Challenger back in the black, annuity sales trebles

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
... three-fold from $514 million to $2.19 billion. Retail sales of annuities alone rose 82 per cent to $933 million. "An ageing population is on our side, as the emerging realisation that share market volatility has delivered a lot of pain for little gain ...

Nothing to fear in hung parliament

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
... property sector could be indirectly affected even if the electorate is crying out for infrastructure spending to match population growth corridors - projects that would require at least some level of investment support from the institutional sector. ...

Retirees using super for lifestyle, not income streams

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
... continues to be heavily skewed in favour of a small number of people with most of the savings. "There is only a small population of people who have lots of the retirement money and many of them are the ones using the assets early in retirement," said ...

Election campaign ignores seniors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010
... third party options," he said. MECCA chair Pino Migliorino, in a intriguing manifestation regarding how Australia's population mix will soon impact the community health sector, said, "By 2011, 23 percent of Australians aged over 65 years will be from ...

AMP Capital launches global infra fund

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
... infrastructure spending over the next 25 years is held at US$25 trillion, with that number predicted to rise with rising population numbers, economic growth and growing demand for private sector investment. Additionally, the fund will be benchmarked ...

Seniors warn Coalition on super policy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2010
... superannuation even though they are still working." Moreover, with both political parties making claims they will stall population growth even though without maintained immigration levels and population growth the size of the labour force will stagnate ...

Planners turn property experts

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2010
... planners seeking to provide their clients with residential property advice. Blue Wealth Property analyses trends such as population growth, economic factors and employment statistics to find investment opportunities in the Australian residential property ...

How the wealthy invest their money

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
Australia's high net worth population increased by 34 per cent last year, according to a new report that sheds some light on how the rich allocated their funds just after the peak of the GFC. The latest World Wealth Report, released by Merrill Lynch ...