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Cbus insurance premiums jump to almost $15 a week

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
... They will be getting the same death and total and permanent disability (TPD) cover. Cbus members are largely in the construction and related industries, putting them in the high risk insurance category. Calling the increase "unavoidable", Cbus chief ...

La Trobe registers for the Shanghai Free Trade Zone

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
... to take advantage of the pilot program. It is designed to be an engine to accelerate China's and Shanghai city's construction of "six fields of industry" as described in the FT Zone framework - which include financial services, shipping, business and ...

IOOF awards $115m global equities mandate

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... investment team for many years across a number of asset classes. We believe this strategy with its benchmark agnostic construction, high active share, and its optimisation from an AUD currency perspective, is a great fit for IOOF's multi manager port ...

Budget speech 2014 -15

... and resources boom has come from new foreign investment in Australia. As the resources industry moves away from its construction phase into its production phase there is an emerging growth gap in our economy. Mining and resources represent about ten ...

Cbus answers CFMEU leak allegations

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
... allowable under certain circumstances, followingA reports that it improperly supplied members' contact details to the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU). However, Cbus did not directly address the veracity of the allegations presented ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... Billiton down 21 cents at $37.45, Rio Tinto down 79 cents at $60.71 and Fortescue Metals was 3.5 cents weaker at $4.765. Construction materials companies were weaker, with Boral down 18 cents at $5.34, James Hardie down 35.5 cents at $13.745 and Fletcher ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... releases March retail trade figures, while the Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association performance of construction index (PCI) for April will be published. In company news, Asciano chief executive John Mullen is scheduled to speak at a ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... the local front, figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Monday showed that approvals for the construction of new homes fell for a second consecutive month. Mr McCarthy said the building figures were disappointing because observers ...

Towers Watson urges instos to consider smart beta

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... managers to construct an equity portfolio. The onus is now firmly on the asset owner to develop their own portfolio construction skills, or partner with someone to get access to these skills," Towers Watson head of Australian equity manager research ...

Baird premiership represents infra opportunity: ISA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
... a new infrastructure project. ISA has criticised the current model, which brings short-term investment in at the construction phase, saying it leads to short-termism. "We look forward to meeting with the new Premier as soon as possible to make sure these ...