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Australian private wealth firm selects US property

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
... recovering US economy underwritten by oil and energy, defence, education and agriculture," said Toll. "The state has a population of 26.4 million people and a GDP that is roughly the size of Australia's at $1.332 trillion." The Equiti US Multifamily ...

Retirement funding needs aged care inclusion

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2012
... years ahead with fewer taxpayers, more people needing aged care, and increased health and age pension costs as the population ages," said Martin Laverty, Catholic Health Australia. "We therefore need a new aged care financing compact. The compact we ...

Microinsurance reaches 500m people

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012
Following in the footsteps of microfinance, microinsurance schemes have grown substantially in the past five years to now reach an estimated 500 million policy holders. Microinsurance aims to protect poor people in emerging nations against traditional ...

More wealth beyond resources

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012
... increased sharply as noted in a research paper from Impax Asset Management. The paper reveals concerns that as the global population exceeds seven billion and rises in affluence there are issues of resource scarcity, pollution, energy security and climate ...

FSC urges Senate to vote for SG rise

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2012
... defined as 62.5 per cent of a person's last salary. Our research shows 9 per cent superannuation will fail to provide the population with their expectations of a comfortable retirement," said John Brogden, CEO of the Financial Services Council "The average ...

Ecofin Australia wins sustainable mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
... the transition to global efficiency that will be ongoing, underpinned by key thematic drivers such as climate change, population growth and food, water and energy security." Ecofin's product, the Ecofin Global Efficiency Fund, is invested globally, leveraging ...

Govt push for foreign infra investment

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
... Australia to become a major player in global food production with United Nations predictions estimating the growing world population will drive up demand for food by 70% by the year 2050. Investment in food security has increased over recent years with ...

Bankruptcy could be bliss

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2012
... in the previous month. How in the world an economy grow - any economy - when one-fifth (and rising) of the working population are without employment? And all the while I thought that the powers that be have learned their lesson. They said so at the summit ...

Adviser numbers to remain stable post FOFA: Rice Warner

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2012
... the report. "The bottom line is [that] in the medium to longer term it's a growth industry... with the ageing of the population... and increase in the superannuation guarantee are all quite powerful factors which should underpin growth in the industry," ...

China on course for slowdown, not landing: Fidelity

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012
... that it gave Australians access to companies not available to investors here, as well as the fact that the younger population will increase the demand for consumption. "Demand [for consumption] globally is really going to shift from the developed world ...