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Competitiveness at risk from STEM fall-off

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... failure to pursue the STEM subjects but girls seem to be particularly lagging to boys. If the statistic is right 75% of the fastest growing occupations now already require STEM literacy, we have to wonder how young people are going to be able to fill ...

Another standout economic performance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
... alright, but not by as much as expected sending the annual growth rate up to 3.0% in the fourth quarter instead - the fastest pace in nearly two years - from 2.7% in the third. Household consumption provided the biggest contribution to growth (0.4 percentage ...

Australia aims to be APAC fintech leader

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
... fintech innovation and investment in Asia by 2017," Morrison said on Friday. "Consumers in Asia have been amongst the fastest to adopt innovative financial services...with investment quadrupling to nearly US$4 billion in 2015," Morrison said on Friday. ...

A "chilling" moment for the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
... January - the most since June last year. Personal spending also went up by a stronger than expected 0.5% in January - the fastest since May 2015. But the biggest story that put rate hike specs back on the table is the sharp jump in the core PCE price ...

Financial services adding more to economy than mining

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
... healthcare and social assistance by more than $35 billion. The report also shows financial services has been Australia's fastest growing industry over the past two decades. At 9.3% of the national economy, it is larger than mining, agriculture or manufacturing. ...

Australian Unity sees steady profit growth

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2016
... interim 2016 financial results. This result stems from growth in all underlying Australian Unity businesses, with the fastest-growing channel being Australian Unity Personal Financial Services, which reported a 254.2% increase in earnings before interest ...

Australian pension market still global leader

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2016
Australia is not only one of the biggest pension markets in the world, it is among the fastest growing. Willis Towers Watson has just released its 2016 Global Pension Assets Study and it reveals that Australia's US$1.5 trillion pension asset pool is ...

Financial services to be a greater part of "economic narrative"

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
... "puzzling under-appreciation of the services sector in Australia," which he noted was "responsible for every one of the ten fastest-growing high-skill jobs in Australia over the coming five years." "This services jobs growth is being felt already, with ...

Canadian pension funds keeping eyes on Aussie infra

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2016
... Life Korea; Globalvia, a portfolio of infrastructure assets in Europe and Latam; Port of Brisbane, one of Australia's fastest growing container ports; Open Grid Europe, a gas transmission network operator responsible for approximately 70% of Germany's ...

Demographic darlings and disasters revealed

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
... world, meanwhile, will not be able to keep pace. Western Europe should see little change at all while North America, the fastest grower among developed regions, grows its population by 40%. "Investment firms must consider these dramatic changes to ensure ...