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Population growth drives real income

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018
... Reid said. "It has attributes of bonds around an enhanced income, but unlike equities the key driver is population growth rather than the economic cycle." EXPERT ANALYSIS: Read John Dyall's latest column on real assets The fund typically splits its portfolio ...

Infrastructure investment needs rethink

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... year. Sydney-based Langley said asset-based growth companies will likely invest in underlying assets to generate returns rather than buying or building new assets in 2018. "Most of the companies RARE invests in are achieving between 7% and 10% return ...

Advice group solidifies Gen-Y positioning

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... market requires thousands of hours of learning and testing different methods; hence why it is so important to be specialists rather than generalists."

Commonwealth Bank launches chatbot banker

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
... manager digital, Pete Steel, said the exciting thing about Ceba is that it can actually carry out tasks for customers, rather than providing instructions on how they can be done. The chatbot will also eventually be able to inform customers of what they're ...

ASIC accepts EU from Brisbane adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... of high risk advisers. The resulting 'high risk list' is not in itself an assessment of poor quality advice, ASIC said, rather enables it to target its surveillance activity, and reviews the quality of advice to determine whether the advisers are acting ...

Venture capital sector booming but needs greater government support

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2018
... from 185 (2016) to 135 (2017), she said "we are hopeful that the decline in the rate of closed deals is a temporary shift rather than a major structural change in the venture capital market."

Chief economist update: Consumers don't spend on confidence alone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2018
... outlook for interest rates and improving confidence around the economy and jobs. While the mood is 'cautiously optimistic' rather than buoyant, this is the best monthly index read since late 2013 and the most positive start to a calendar year since 2010." ...

Global investment group enters Australia via local partnership

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
... clients, who are typically ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWIs), are looking for customised investment opportunities rather than commoditised product. These opportunities are often found in private markets. "EIO creates pools of capital focused ...

Offshore investment vehicles await passport arrival

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
... year. CCIVs enable foreign investors to pool funds to be managed by Australian fund managers via a corporate structure rather than a trust structure. In August 2017, the Federal Government opened the legislation for the Asia Region Funds Passport and ...

Chief economist update: ECB sees low rates for longer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
... half year high of 56.6. With growth indications like these, financial markets have every reason to speculate on a sooner-rather-than-later stimulus withdrawal. But the ECB's pushback is equally rationale given that inflation remains below target and ...