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TH Real Estate buys stake in Myer store

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
... lease structure ensure sustainable income returns making it a defensive long term investment. Melbourne's metropolitan population is currently the fastest growing of any capital city in Australia, which supports the long term growth in Melbourne's CBD ...

Super funds must harvest farmland

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
... farmland and value-add investments in agribusiness would place institutional investors in a strong position as the world's population booms. As the world works its way to a predicted 9.5 billion people in the coming decades, Goodreds said the extra food ...

Act now to ensure super sustainability: Cooper

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
... speech at a Trans-Tasman Business Circle event in Sydney's Barangaroo, Cooper reiterated the looming impact of an ageing population and said now was the time to safeguard the sustainability of the super system. "Australia is facing an acute demographic ...

Super fund backs Sydney water

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2016
... water per day. Commissioned in 1996, the plant has the capacity to provide drinking water for up to 85% of Sydney's population. It was built under a 25-year build, own, operate and transfer agreement that was originally due to expire in 2021.

Retiree expenditure remains modest: study

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2016
... decline in expenditure through the course of retirement. While there is significant income disparity within the HILDA population, the level of household expenditure varies more according to geographic location than it does by level of income. Retirees ...

Henderson launches emerging markets fund in Australia

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2016
... distressed." Finegan added that emerging markets exposure is becoming increasingly important for investors given "global population dynamics" - that is, most of the global population growth will occur in these markets, which occurs concomitantly with ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2016
Australia demographics The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest "Population by Age and Sex, Regions of Australia, 2015" report showed the changes in the country's population dynamics over the past five years. Among the report's key findings ...

Treasurer flags super cap exemptions

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016
... that is zip, zero and nothing," Morrison said. "Now, that sort of a system is not sustainable given the aging of the population and the challenges we have going forward. That is why it is necessary to make these rather broad changes that we are making. ...

BetaShares grows suite with two new sector ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
... "Spending on healthcare has increased strongly across the globe in recent decades, driven by rising living standards, population ageing and improvements in innovation and technology," said BetaShares managing director Alex Vynokur. "Through DRUG, investors ...

International pension research network established

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
... science studies on pensions, ageing and retirement. The network, which includes Australia's Centre for Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR) as a founding member, was launched at a conference in Paris in June. To be known as the International ...