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Resources for the win in 2025: Datt Capital

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2024
... industrial developments. "Natural resources are essential to daily life and underpin global economic progress; global population growth, urbanisation and rising prosperity in developing economies are driving increased demand for minerals and energy," ...

Objective of super enshrined in law

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2024
... including women and low-income earners, while sustainability guarantees the system can meet the challenges of an ageing population and evolving workforce." Meantime, Insignia Financial chief executive Scott Hartley said that legislating the objective ...

ART, ISPT to build $585m Sydney life sciences hub

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024
... Trust signed a 99-year lease from the University of Sydney to build a healthcare and life sciences hub. As Australia's population ages, demand for healthcare is expected to increase significantly, and ART and ISPT will meet some of that demand with a ...

Investors plan to continue private markets love affair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2024
... years. In terms of thematic opportunities, investors see opportunity across AI and technology, the energy transition, population ageing, and counter-cyclical positioning. The opportunity in AI and technology was deemed moderate by 51%of investors, while ...

Intergenerational wealth picture 'bleak': Grattan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024
... bleak," she said. "From the perspective of ensuring that the benefits of the economy are broadly shared across the population, this wealth disparity is especially troubling." Grattan's analysis has shown how large the wealth disparity has become over ...

Macquarie offloads airports in $3bn deal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024
... Southampton. The airports provide essential domestic and international connectivity to three important economic and population centres across the UK and serve more than 10.8 million passengers annually, Macquarie said. They contribute approximately $3.91 ...

US election to add to inflation woes: Experts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2024
... election result, the core themes driving emerging markets - urbanisation, rising consumption and a growing, aspirational population - remain true," Brewis said. "We believe that active stock picking based on a fundamental bottom-up approach, with an ...

Licensees pay $92m in compensation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2024
... publication provides high-level insights into reporting trends from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024, and covers licensee population reporting, breach identification and investigation, root causes, consumer impact and remediation efforts. During the period ...

Australia a top destination for international investment: QIC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2024
... governance. However, the nation's weakest performance was in debt-imbalance. "Currently, Australia has the strongest population growth rate in the world at 2.4%, equalled only by Nigeria. This translates into an equal high growth rate of 2.9% growth ...

Shifting retirement intentions require super rule change: ASFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2024
... Meanwhile, 14% of over-65s who are still working said it would be for financial reasons - this equates to 3% of the total population of over-65s. The report found more than 20% of workers retired before 60, sometimes they occur earlier due to ill health ...