Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 761 - 770 of 2126 results for "Construction"

Super smashes best-performing salaries list

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2019
... to have thousands of documents manually reviewed - but today much of that labour has been handed over to machines. Construction workers in the fields of planning and scheduling have also seen their pay packet shrink by 18% to $100,052 per annum on average. ...

Chief economist update: Iron ore on the up and up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2019
... recorded in the previous month, this growth rate remains close to a six-year high. Beijing's drive towards increased construction activity (through infrastructure spending) in order to lessen the dampening impact on China's economy wrought by ...

Chief economist update: Expect an RBNZ rate cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
... to meet our objectives" According to the policy statement: "Domestic growth has slowed over the past year. While construction activity strengthened in the March 2019 quarter, growth in the services sector continued to slow. Softer house prices and subdued ...

Rest increases renewable energy investment

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2019
... said. "As an existing owner, Rest has been able to monitor and assess the wind farm's operational performance since construction was completed in 2011. Taking full ownership is a great opportunity to drive further value from the asset and strengthen ...

Chief economist update: The rate cut Australia has to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
... I've previously discussed, the property market has a large multiplier effect on the economy. It creates jobs in construction and other ancillary industries - legal, banking, furniture and white goods retailing, landscaping, etc. A reversal or even ...

Macquarie, Aberdeen Standard team up for Thames tunnel

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
... cycling and walking set to be created. The project's commercial and financial close is expected later this year, with construction to commence soon after. The project will run for another 25 years after construction finishes, and TfL will only begin ...

SSGA launches four model portfolios

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2019
... financial advisers that use managed accounts are searching for better solutions from clients in terms of portfolio construction, she told Financial Standard. "And in today's environment, we believe the transparent and open architecture nature of ...

FASEA reveals exam dates

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2019
... the practical application of knowledge in core competency areas, including regulatory and legal requirements, the construction of advice and ethical and professional reasoning and communication. Recently, FASEA admitted it will miss its own deadline ...

Chief economist update: Low unemployment, low wages growth conundrum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... manufacturing employment down 5.1 points to a reading of 51.5 in April; services down 6.2 points to 46.0 (contraction); construction down 6.9 points to 39.2 (deep contraction levels). But even looking at the labour market glass as half-full as the RBA ...

Platform provider wins mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2019
... former Citigroup head is investment advisory and research Toby Lewis, former IOOF head of equities and portfolio construction Paul Saliba, and former AMP Advice head of investment strategy Brad Matthews. Robson set up the firm after acquiring an AFSL ...