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Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
... "Forecast results are positive enough, with general expectations that earnings will grow around eight per cent." However, construction giant Leighton on Monday announced a 20 per cent slide in first half profit after writedowns and restructuring costs ...

HIP Super's Ross Bernays launches new business

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... the delivery of quality outcomes for superannuation fund members and other investors, the development of portfolio construction for sustainable long-term growth and searching for new or under-promoted investment opportunities that have potential to outperform ...

CFMEU organiser posed as Cbus employee

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
An organiser for the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) has admitted to ringing up Cbus members posing as an employee of Cbus. Appearing at the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption this morning, CFMEU organiser ...

Mission accomplished?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... suggesting continued falls in the unemployment rate going forward. Not only this, the latest surveys on UK manufacturing, construction and services conducted by Markit Economics and the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) pointed to rising ...

Cbus defends member contact sharing policy

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2014
... Cbus employee Lisa Zanatta answered questions regarding the leakage of the personal details of Cbus members to the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU). In a statement, Cbus chief executive David Atkin said that Cbus' privacy policy ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
... advertisements series for June is due out as is the Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association performance of construction index. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Friday closed higher for a third straight day ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
... advertisements series for June is due out as is the Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association performance of construction index. No major equities news is expected. In Australia, the market on Friday closed higher for a third straight day ...

So good but for the wrong spin

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
... eased to 3.1% in the week ended 28 June (the lowest since mid-April) from 3.3% previously. No one's mentioned the US construction report also released overnight - up 0.1% in May versus 0.8% in April and expectations for a 0.5% increase. So nah, Virginia ...

AustralianSuper appoints European property manager

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
... of preparation with Rockspring we believe that their track record and local expertise will be instrumental to the construction and evolution of our European property portfolio." "As Australian Super's chosen Investment Manager in continental Europe ...

The scares that weren't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... time), suffer a credit crisis as its property bubble burst... and my oh my, Chinese companies - solar maker Chaori and construction materials manufacturer Xuzhou Zhongsen Tonghao - have defaulted on their debts. The polar vortex hides the fact that the ...