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Unique investment opportunity in water

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
The Australian water market is a unique investment opportunity allowing direct exposure to water price risk as global demand surges, with foreign investors already taking note, according to Tyndall AM. Return seeking capital is already entering the ...

Too many managers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2012
... harness their scale that now is a good time for building capabilities with so many highly qualified people available in the market. For example, IFM are developing their overseas presence by expanding their London office and setting up a small caps capability ...

BT flags wealth "land grab"

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUL 2012
... moved from BT Magnitude. "The financial advice industry is undergoing massive change driven by regulatory reform, market forces and merger and acquisition activity," Butterworth said, adding the flexibility of the offering, which includes being licence ...

Fin services GDP share to shrink by 2050

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012
... propel Australia by 2050 to become a $4 trillion digital economy but the productivity, disintermediation and globalisation forces it will unleash on financial services may, perversely, see the sector contract in national significance. These shock results ...

Big Ben boosta

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2012
... Association for Business Economics Annual Conference in Washington last night. "A wide range of indicators suggests that the job market has been improving, which is a welcome development indeed," undoubtedly helped by the Fed's cheap and easy money policies. ...

Global uncertainty creating employment anxiety

RACHEL DAVIS  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2012
Reluctance to change roles due to market uncertainty, a reliance on movement in senior positions to drive recruitment and a rush of ex-pats returning home is how 2012 is shaping up in the Australian finance job market, according to career site network ...

MySuper Mythconceptions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2011
... financial product and yet the superannuation industry continues to structure itself around the aspirational concept that mass market superannuation consumers should be highly engaged. The disconnect this creates helps explain why in occupational super ...

Strong leadership essential to face superannuation challenges

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2011
... and explain to the public what they are a bit concerned about at the moment, which is the fall in returns in an era of market turmoil...the first thing I would do is sit down and do my homework, make sure that I had thought about the kind of questions ...

Sigma FM joins forces with Pinnacle

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
... that view, that's why we partnered with them." Macoun said he was confident that Simga would receive "very substantial market support". "We believe there is a strong demand for high quality value style equity fund managers and we also believe the combination ...

IMF says prepare to buy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
... counter-cyclical policy actions -- that puts a floor under economic growth - and spooks the bejeesus out of fence-sitting financial market investors as the last bear heads for the exits. This would ultimately pave the way for a rebound. To be sure, the ...