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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016
... consumption, government spending and capital investment. Growth in household consumption accelerated to 7.3% in the year to June (from 7.0% in the March quarter), government spending lifted by 13.5% (from 11.8%) and business investment growth picked ...

Macquarie cops fine over van Eyk

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
Macquarie Group has been fined by ASIC following its admission to the mismanagement of the van Eyk Blueprint International Shares Fund (VBI Fund). On Tuesday, the NSW Supreme Court ordered Macquarie Investment Management (MIM) to pay $400,000 to the ...

Investors Mutual readying income focused LIC

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
Investors Mutual (IML), the boutique Australian equity fund manager founded by Anton Tagliaferro, has flagged its intention to launch a new income focused listed investment company (LIC). The investment strategy of the new vehicle will replicate the ...

LIC helped by high gold and cash exposure

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
Listed investment company Hunter Hall Global Value delivered an investment portfolio return of 12.3% last financial year, outperforming MSCI World by 11.9%. The LIC also produced an after tax profit of $30.5 million. Hunter Hall Global Value chairman ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
... the June quarter accounted for all of the 3.7% fall in the value of total construction work done in the three months to June - worse than market expectations for a 1.9% fall. The value of private engineering construction decreased by 14.3% in the second ...

Global infrastructure outperforming equities and property

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2016
Investment manager Maple-Brown Abbott says there's a clear benefit for investors in separating the investment decision between property and infrastructure in a portfolio. Releasing its latest investment research paper, Maple-Brown Abbott's global listed ...

Industry funds extend winning streak

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2016
Industry super funds outperformed retail super funds by 2.7% in the 12 months to 30 June, the latest statistics from APRA reveal. The average industry fund returned 4% over the period versus 1.3% from the average retail fund. The numbers contribute ...

Healthcare property produces double digit returns

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2016
Australian Unity's real estate investment business says its Healthcare Property Trust is ripe for potential acquisitions as well as developing new and existing assets. Returning more than 20% last financial year, Australian Unity believes the trust ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2016
Australia demographics The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest "Population by Age and Sex, Regions of Australia, 2015" report showed the changes in the country's population dynamics over the past five years. Among the report's key findings ...

Northern Trust wins two NZ Super mandates

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2016
Northern Trusts Asset Management has been handed two new factor investing mandates by The Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation. The mandates - each for NZ$300 million ($286 million) - will distribute funds Northern Trust already invests passively ...