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Demographic megatrends drive earnings well into the future

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... demographics story. As people live longer, they are more likely to need vision correction and lens replacements. Urbanisation means more people are working with computers, putting strain on eyesight. Rising incomes in emerging markets also mean that ...

Infrastructure boom set to continue

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2013
... performance is likely to continue with demand for infrastructure remaining steady and global structural drivers such as urbanisation, globalisation of trade, mobilisation of data and security of energy supplies expected to underwrite future growth. Coutts ...

China's coming soft landing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2012
... GFC, their (China's) economic growth dipped only to 6%. In China 8% growth is like 0% elsewhere due to their mass urbanisation that is attracting tens of millions of new workers into the industrial cities each year looking for work. Illustrating the ...

Giving thanks to thanksgiving

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012
... same old for China. No big changes apart from the PM-in-waiting, Li Kequiang, spelling out his plans for greater urbanisation... and this is good. It's the same for Europe. The same debates, the same summits, the same agreement to disagree. But last ...

Urbanisation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
... urbanization idea since May this year when he addressed the EU in Brussels on 'EU-China Partnership on Sustainable Urbanisation'. Last September, the China Daily reported that, in his meeting with "government officials in Beijing," Li "has called on ...

Super fund awards natural resources mandate

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... specialist natural resource managers, said David Whitten, executive chairman, 90 West Asset Management. Population growth, urbanisation and increasing prosperity are themes that will drive valuation in agriculture, mining and resources, and long-term ...

Western recovery expected to lift Asian stocks

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2012
... Mowll added: "The three 'R's that underpin growth in China; railways, roads and real estate, are still growing as urbanisation continues. And, as the white paper identifies, an increasingly wealthy and mobile middle class will continue to fuel domestic ...

With or without China we're not cactus: James

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
... decidedly longer term view on these markets. What shouldn't be overlooked, adds James is the once in a life-time urbanisation story currently playing out within China and India's combined 2.4 billion population, that will underscore exponential future ...

Big infrastructure underscores China growth

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
Big infrastructure projects that facilitate rapid urbanisation are playing a major role in reshaping China's economy. China's high-speed rail network contributes to growth sustainability by narrowing economic disparities, and this creates opportunities ...

Urbanisation fuelling resource demand

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2012
Despite concerns over China's slowdown, urbanisation both there and around the world will continue to fuel demand for Australian commodities, said one of Asia's largest asset managers. Recent research suggests that that another 3 billion people will ...