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Chinese demand requires improved industry practices

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
... food services export market; 16 to 19% of the financial and insurance services export market; and 11 to 13% of the construction export market. The projections also suggest that Chinese rebalancing may lead to significant employment gains in the education ...

Rethinking risk through goals-based investing

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
... the retirement income debate reaching an industry fever pitch, Alex Burke investigates a new approach to portfolio construction that aims to manage both sequence and longevity risk simultaneously. If you ask industry consultant John Wiseman, the waves ...

Managed portfolios vital for SMSF diversification

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
... international. "What you're seeing is a whole lot of little super funds who are very out of step with accepted portfolio construction and asset mix and we're trying to find a way that enables those SMSFs to get access to a more balanced asset mix. "I ...

Super funds must harvest farmland

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
... these investors is largely spent on animal proteins, straining global food production even further. "From a portfolio construction standpoint, one of the advantages of farmland and timberland is not only do they have low correlation to each other but ...

December maybe?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2016
... Labor Statistics' (BLS) report shows that while jobs in the service sector increased in August, those in mining, construction, utilities and manufacturing declined. The sharp fall in the ISM manufacturing index into contraction territory in August - ...

Sentry Group appoints head of wealth solutions

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
... and chair Murray Hills said: "Karen's role will involve coaching and training advisers in portfolio structures and construction, in-depth product comparisons, asset allocation and investment strategies, and related products and services to address the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016
... houses" decreased by 2.9%. The latest has both positive and negative implications. The good news is that housing construction would continue to be a source of growth for the Australian economy at least in the near term. Housing, after all, has a large ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2016
... record high) in new dwelling commencements from 2017". "In all likelihood we will experience sharper falls in new home construction in both 2017 and 2018". However, Dale cautioned that, "We would do well to remember that this down cycle is following ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
Australia construction work done A sharp 9.0% drop in engineering in the June quarter accounted for all of the 3.7% fall in the value of total construction work done in the three months to June - worse than market expectations for a 1.9% fall. The value ...

Investors must be ready for grey swans

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2016
... "In many cases, cash can be considered as a flexible factor in the investment opportunity discovery and portfolio construction process supporting diversification and long term portfolio positioning." Escobar notes that despite low or negative cash rates ...