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Cbus takes lead on trustee disclosure

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2012
Representative bodies have welcomed a decision by construction industry fund Cbus to disclose how much it pays trustee directors and senior executives in its annual report, due out later this week. It is a move expected to be mirrored in the upcoming ...

Faith in monetary policy spawns new investment theme

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... gold, Wood said. "Low rates tend to fuel growth, so investors can benefit from focusing on cyclical stocks such as construction supply companies and automobile manufacturers. The cheaper costs of borrowing are also likely to boost private sector investment ...

Catch-all 'Alternative' label useless: Pengana

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... It is this category that has the potential to provide the most significant diversification benefits for portfolio construction," he said.

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012
... trade in goods and services figures, while the Australian Industry Group/Housing Industry Association performance of construction index (PCI) for August is scheduled to come out. No major equities news is expected. The Australian sharemarket on Thursday ...

Australia: all good and wishing for the worst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... competing sector. There's the unexpected 0.8% drop in retail spending in July. There's the softening housing market and construction. There's the carbon tax and Gillard and Rhinehart. There's this, there's that. I may have forgotten to include others ...

WA closures signal mining boom end: Veda

MARK STORY  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012
... Healthcare and social assistance; administrative and support services, rental, hiring and real estate services, plus construction. "Given the changing nature of the SMB market and with businesses opening and closing according to very complex market dynamics ...

Principal Global gets $150m QFII quota

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
... is located in Hong Kong, Singapore and the US. Principal Global Investors established a joint venture with China Construction Bank in 2005 with the joint venture, China Construction Bank-Principal Asset Management (CCB-PAM), managing both equity and ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
... backpedalled 0.08 per cent. The tech-heavy NASDAQ composite, however, ended up 0.13 per cent. Making news on Wednesday, construction and maintenance firm Transfield Services reported full year statutory net profit of $84.8 million, up from a loss the ...

AustralianSuper hires veteran economist Tierney

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
AustralianSuper has appointed Mark Tierney as an investment manager within its Macro and Portfolio Construction Team. Tierney's responsibilities include translating macro views into impacts on all assets classes to inform decisions relating to allocation ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
... contract was up six points at 4,353. In economic news on Wednesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases construction work done data for June quarter. In equities news, Southern Cross Media, Transfield Services and Worley Parsons are due to post ...