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Urbanisation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
... be same old same old for China. According to Blooomberg, Li wrote that, "... the nation must deepen its rural-urban population shift to support growth while avoiding the economic stagnation associated with middle-income countries". "Urbanization is not ...

Super fund awards natural resources mandate

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... the idea of 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 ...

Consumers clueless on retirement: Bateman

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... reflected in insufficient retirement planning. What's concerning, added Bateman is the two thirds of the Australian population who don't do any additional retirement saving beyond their default contributions. "During last year's survey of those in their ...

Kohler campaign slammed by ASFA

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2012
... going down the path of pushing products that are not suitable or equitable for the large majority of the Australian population."

With or without China we're not cactus: James

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
... 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 growth. Despite a notional downturn in its population growth by the 2020s, he ...

Sandy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... "Disaster estimator Eqecat says the storm could cause up to $20 billion in damage and affect 20 per cent of the US population". For sure, the disruption to businesses caused by Frankenstorm would detract from overall GDP. Wells Fargo figures that it ...

AMP Capital attracts $872m from two new offshore investors

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2012
... these highly regarded international investors to participate in the growth of leading shopping centres located in high population growth areas with significant development opportunities. Meanwhile, AMP Capital managed funds has confirmed plans to invest ...

Advisers force life premiums down

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012
... changes which have made comparing the various features of life cover easier for both the financial adviser and general population." "However, probably the biggest change has been the ability of consumers to obtain life cover quotes online. This has meant ...

Countplus partners with Hood Sweeny

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2012
... and welcome it as a new aligned partner in our national network." Lambert added that as South Australia has an ageing population looking at ways to maximise their superannuation investment, and a growing number of people working in SMEs that need trusted ...

Australia ranks third in Global Pensions

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2012
... 18 countries, beating the likes of Switzerland, Canada and the UK. The index which covers over half of the world's population has found that Australia's retirement savings and income system has made small gains in the last year, with the Pension Index ...