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Blue Sky flushes dunnies

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2015
... Phone a Throne (Perth). In 2009, it diversified into the event space, a move that helped it grow despite the post-GFC construction downturn. Today, it is present in every mainland state in Australia, has several thousand toilets on hire and has grown ...

Challenger annuities join CFS platforms

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... "Including annuities alongside account-based pensions has become an increasingly popular approach to retirement portfolio construction and provides a level of longer-term income to address growing issues such as longevity risk and sequencing risk," Elkins ...

Cbus moves insurance to TAL

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... The move will deliver no premium increase to members, which is a significant agreement for the fund that includes construction and building workers with higher risk of death or injury. Last year Cbus received 1800 insurance claims and increased its premiums ...

AMP Capital to invest in Garden City Shopping Centre

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... Australia. Across the two developments, we intend to invest more than $1.4 billion in the state, creating around 5,000 construction roles and more than 5,000 retail jobs upon completion." The development of Garden City will increase the size of the centre ...

Media Super, BUSSQ reappoint BNP as custodian

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2015
... Media Super since 2006, while BUSSQ has been with BNP since 2005. BUSSQ is the industry super fund for the building, construction and civil industries with over 90,000 super fund members and assets of $3 billion. "We look forward to continuing to partner ...

Legg Mason retirement income fund delivers solid return

PROMOTED BY LEGG MASON  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
Advisers attending Legg Mason's Sydney Symposium will hear first-hand how portfolio construction theory was modernised and risk-return charts flipped in developing a one-of-a-kind retirement income fund.

RBNZ tries to turn the turn in NZ economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... Zealand's economy is currently growing at an annual rate of around 2.5 percent, supported by low interest rates, construction activity, and high net immigration. However, the growth outlook is now softer than at the time of the June Statement. Rebuild ...

Market set to fall

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... company news, Fortescue Metals, Newcrest Mining and BC Iron are due to release quarterly production reports, and construction firm CIMIC will post its half year financial results. Macquarie Group holds its annual general meeting in Sydney. The market ...

A Greek offer that cannot be refused

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... more, the emigration specifically reduces the risk of persistent structural unemployment in problem sectors like construction, as many emigrants once worked in this industry which experienced an unsustainable expansion in the boom before the crisis. ...

Joining AIIB unlocks billions of infra investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2015
... to bankable projects. "This move will be a huge fillip for Australian expertise in funds management, engineering, construction, architecture and legal services which could be widely applied to projects financed by the AIIB," Collins said. "The resources ...