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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
... increased by 1.2% but was slower than the June quarter's 1.5% rise. Hourly labour costs increased the most in the construction sector (up 2.0%) followed by the non-business economy (1.8%). The industry and services sectors also registered increases of ...

CBA finances wind farm construction

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
The Commonwealth Bank is entering a consortium financing the construction of one of Australia's largest wind farms. The bank is co-financing the project with the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, CWP Renewables, Partners Group, Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui ...

Managed accounts and goals based advice prompts name change

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
... and tech firms. "AGBA delivers practical tools and support for implementing goals based advice, including portfolio construction, data analytics, governance, thought leadership and networking events - all vital elements that help our members tackle today's ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
... million over the third quarter and the primary income deficit went down by 24% to A$6,265 million. Australia AiG construction survey In contrast with its surveys of the manufacturing and services sectors - both going into expansion territory in October ...

Mercer principal joins IMCA board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
... Investments Hendrie Koster has joined the board, bringing with him a wealth of knowledge in asset class research, portfolio construction and development of a strategic research agenda. In his role as director of strategic research for the Pacific region ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
... weakening trend in the property market and that the housing market will peak (approvals being a leading indicator of construction activity). Total building approvals dropped by 12.6% in the month of October (with the contraction accelerating from declines ...

Time is up for the static portfolio mix: JPMAM

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
... from their portfolios they will need to look for ways to be more creative and inventive when it comes to portfolio construction. "If we look at what's happened to realised returns over the last 20 years and where we project the trend going forward for ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
... services sector produced zero growth in the September quarter compared with a 1.2% increase in the previous quarter; construction sector growth slowed to 1.6% from 2.0%. The Singaporean government expects GDP growth of 1.0% - 1.5% (downgraded from earlier ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
Australia construction work done This will be a drag. A drag on Australian third quarter GDP that is. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reports that the value of total construction work done fell by 4.9% in the September quarter following a ...

CFS introduces same day RoA functionality

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016
... said the enhancements have proven their value in providing efficiency and risk management when it comes to portfolio construction and implementation, with the latest addition to the RoA tool expected to continue to drive adviser usage higher. "Advisers ...