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Will nice numbers make RBA a bad guy?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... circle if you will. The RBA would have also seen the good building approvals update - a leading indicator of housing construction. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that "total dwelling units approved" rose by 2.8% in March to stand ...

Perpetual Private hires two analysts

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2015
... manages on behalf of clients. Blunt and Leong will research and evaluate investment strategies and contribute to the construction of investment portfolios. Blunt previously worked for ANZ Global Wealth covering global and Australian equity strategies ...

Better to own or to rent investments?

JOHN DYALL  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
... on opportunities in environments that could change quite quickly. This immediately raises a fundamental portfolio construction question: Are there assets in my portfolio that are the bedrock of future returns and other assets that are rotated in and ...

Advance AM head of strategy steps down

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... the dry zone," he said. The manager asked me, 'What happens if a natural disaster occurs?'" "I said to him, 'Sir, construction is easy. Destruction is easy. Reconstruction is the hard part, so you have to plan so that when you construct you don't have ...

Van Eck grows distribution team

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... clients will be a great asset for us as we continue to expand our operations. His investment research and portfolio construction knowledge will help advisers capitalise on the increasing popularity of ETFs, which are acknowledged for their low cost ...

BOE no change, no worries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
... hits 8-month high Business confidence at highest level for just over nine years, despite growth slowdown in March [construction PMI] UK services growth accelerates in March - "Strongest rate of growth since August 2014" This positive momentum in UK economic ...

Qualitas grows team with senior appointments

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... sector clients in its institutional property group, covering clients in residential development, commercial office, construction, retail, and hospitality. Haribhai will report to Qualitas chief risk officer and her responsibilities include reviewing ...

Tempo finds beta growth in Europe, Asia

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... model that reviews the allocation every month to reflect changes in global markets: "we wanted to have a portfolio construction scheme that reflected the fact that different countries change and their attractiveness changes through time," he said. The ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
... (0.08 per cent) to 2,104.99, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index shed 3.23 (0.06 per cent) at 5,007.79. New construction of homes in the United States rose 2.0 per cent to an annual rate of 926,000 units, the Commerce Department said, a smaller ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
... March quarter. Santos was up 11 cents at $7.80. Lend Lease backtracked 17 cents to $17.02 despite the engineering construction group saying the Victorian government's decision to scrap the East West Link road tunnel project wouldn't cause a major hit ...