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Clime IM appoints private wealth head from Suncorp

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
... mandates ($132 million) and listed investment company Clime Capital ($284 million). In 2017, Clime purchased $130 million Australian equities boutique CBG Asset Management for $3.6 million. CBG principal Ronni Chalmers joined Clime's management team ...

Business conditions return to pre-GFC levels

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2017
... stocks being replenished (up to 5 from 3 in May) and "capital expenditure rebounding". This is consistent with the Australian Industry Group's (AiG) performance indices reports that showed the manufacturing (up 0.2 to 55.0 in June), services (3.3 to ...

Aussie agriculture reaches new highs

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
Agriculture Census data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics highlights opportunities for institutional investors as the total value of Australia's agriculture production continues to rise. During 2015-16, the gross value of Australian agriculture ...

Cooling property market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Australian Prudential Regulations Authority (APRA) would be pleased with the National Statistician's latest update on residential property prices. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released figures ...

Confidence: the business/household divide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
... their spending." Here, the lead from the Westpac-Melbourne Institute consumer sentiment survey is not encouraging. Australian consumer sentiment fell by 1.2 points to a reading of 96.2 in June from 98.0 in the previous month, marking the third straight ...

Infrastructure receives $75 billion boost

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... project. The Government will also give $2.3 billion to New South Wales, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory under its asset recycling initiatives. The initiative is expected to facilitate more than $15 billion in Government asset ...

Housing affordability threatens super's future

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
... unrealistic." The report, No place like home: the impact of declining home ownership on retirement, was commissioned by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and released at the 2017 Conference of Major Superannuation Funds (CMSF). ...

Future Fund cautious on risk and return

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
... the investment portfolio. "Our cash allocation (19.7% or $25.2 billion) has reduced largely due to the fall in the Australian dollar against the US dollar over the period. We also reached financial close on the Port of Melbourne transaction during the ...

Government to aid growth of social impact investment

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
... government's position on social impact investing, calling for submissions on three key components: 1. The role the Australian Government should play in the social impact investing market; 2. Feedback on the government principles for social impact investing ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
Australia capex The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) report on business investment shows actual private new capital expenditure drop by 4.0% in the September quarter. While worse than market expectations for a 2.5% fall, the third quarter figure ...