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Time-poor advisers to embrace model portfolios

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2019
... circumstance," she said. "Outsourcing can give advisors more time and flexibility, because they're free from initial portfolio construction and ongoing trading and rebalancing responsibilities. "So you can see that there's an opportunity here to ...

Chief economist update: Changing to Lagarde

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019
... overall, point to some stabilisation in the slowdown of economic growth in the euro area," she said. The services and construction sectors remain resilient, despite some moderation in the latter half of 2019. Looking ahead, the euro area expansion will ...

Risk roles on the rise: SEEK

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
... sector in 2020, thanks to more active regulatory bodies. Other key trends in the report include social services and construction as employment growth areas, and demand for temporary versus permanent work holding steady. SEEK said that increased demand ...

Pendal Group yanks equities mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2019
... investors. "Given the current environment we believe Pendal's concentrated, benchmark agnostic approach to portfolio construction is likely to deliver an improved investment outcome for clients, to the more benchmark aware approach of AQR," Pendal chief ...

Cbus, UniSuper back new housing bond

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2019
... that NHFIC is having for Community Housing Providers by creating savings through lower interest costs and through construction of social and affordable homes," Fok said. "As the leading super fund for the building and construction sector we are pleased ...

CBRE snaps up future Zurich headquarters

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2019
... has acquired the future headquarters of Zurich Australia for $350 million. The North Sydney building is still under construction and being developed by Zurich Insurance Group to house the headquarters of Zurich Financial Services Australia. CBRE said ...

Chief economist update: Reversal of fortune

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2019
... quoted the HIA Economics Group's report revealing that: "The total multiplier for output and employment in the construction industry is estimated by the ABS to be 2.866. So, for every $1 million increase in construction output, there is an increase ...

Cbus enters corporate super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2019
... workers and allows CBUS to compete for employers that don't necessarily have high risk occupations or work in the construction industry." Commenting, Cbus chief executive David Atkin said: "Through Corporate Super we are providing more flexibility ...

Chief economist update: Brexit la la la

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019
... fiscal policy spending - the Conservative Party pledges government spending on infrastructure - roads, railways and construction - as well as tax cuts if re-elected, reported to take fiscal spending from the current 2% of GDP to 3% of GDP. Not be outdone ...

Industry fund offers bonus on income streams

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2019
... to retire with adequate retirement savings, while the other 30% are not. The fund's member base of primarily construction workers faces many challenges in retirement: more than half don't work across the year, they are more susceptible to health ...