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Forager plans listing for Australian Shares Fund

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
... by the market. He says currently he is finding it harder to find opportunities as some of the cheapest stocks, including mining services companies, have experienced price appreciation in recent months. The Forager Australian Shares Fund has 21.41% per ...

Value stocks at inflection point: Perennial

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
... function of volumes and air fares being lower in dollar terms. Tourism bit has been pretty important in the pick-up of the non-mining part of the economy," Bruce said. In May last year Perennial created the listed investment company Wealth Defender Equities ...

Hostplus tripling venture capital exposure

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
... to mine our vast natural resources, iron and gold, and land that allows for sheep and beef. It's about time we started mining our smart people and their smart ideas so we can adapt to an increasingly smart world. We need to find innovators, filter innovators ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
... back sharply". The latest readings are consistent with NAB's outlook for a "patchy, but sustained, improvement in the non-mining economy, with the major services sectors and construction leading the way" but NAB warned about the weakness in retail and ...

Chinese demand requires improved industry practices

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
... dominance of the services sector in Australia - and the fact that service industries are typically more labour-intensive than mining - growth in services exports to China offers the potential for broad-based economic gains, ACFS said. China claims nearly ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
... contraction, driven by a 3.4% drop in manufacturing (which accounts for more than 75% of total production). Electricity and mining production increased by 1.6% and 0.8%, respectively.

VanEck resources ETF upgraded by Lonsec

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
... VanEck Australia's managing director Arian Neiron said. MVR is a smart beta ETF which tracks the MVIS Australia Energy & Mining Index providing investors with exposure to the largest and most liquid ASX-listed companies from the Australian resources ...

December maybe?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2016
... The Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) report shows that while jobs in the service sector increased in August, those in mining, construction, utilities and manufacturing declined. The sharp fall in the ISM manufacturing index into contraction territory ...

AUI reports 11.7% profit slide

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
... long-standing progressive dividend policies in the face of a substantial cyclical downturn in profits. "Many other companies in the mining and energy sector also reduced their dividends and the effect of this was to reduce the company's dividend income ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
... to June (down 25.6% year on year) while expenditure on equipment, plant & machinery increased by 2.8% (down 3.0%). The mining sector continued to be the biggest drag with overall capex dropping by 16.1% over the quarter - building & structures down 17.5% ...