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Australia in effective recession: Academic

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2019
... 0.4% in Q4. It's a huge slice of the economy at almost 60% of GDP, but it has stalled. "If you remove the population growth in Australia - of about 0.4% - from the headline GDP figure - of 0.2% seasonally adjusted in Q4 of 2018 - it shows growth ...

AXA IM acquires three Sydney hotels

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
... investment performance of the Sydney Olympic Park hotels due to the forecast economic, residential and worker population growth in western Sydney, coupled with a growing calendar of events that are held in the park annually," AXA said in a statement. ...

Chief economist update: Safe as burning houses

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
... The large supply of new dwellings is also likely to have weighed on housing prices and rents. That being said, population growth in Sydney and Melbourne has been supporting underlying demand for new dwellings in these cities, and is expected to continue ...

Raiz expands offshore

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
... fillip" for Raiz as it pushes into the Indonesian market that's becoming increasingly affluent as GDP and population growth continues, he said. The mutual funds for Indonesia will be managed by a local entity and Raiz is in the process of finalising ...

Advice is the business to be in: Salt

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
... demographics of Australia, highlighting how the nation has evolved alongside a period of sustained economic and population growth. "When was the last time Australia had 25 years of unbroken prosperity?" Salt asked. "That'd be 1860 to 1890. "You are living ...

Industry fund recognised for data security expertise

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
... strong investment fundamentals. Victoria has been the best performing economy in Australia, underpinned by strong population growth. We are delighted to be awarded the concession for LRS, to complement our existing investment in Australian Registry Investments ...

Charter Hall acquires $1.6bn property fund manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2018
... early learning sector and social infrastructure investments. "Early learning is a growth sector underpinned by population growth, increasing workforce participation and government funding," Charter Hall said in a statement. A statement co-signed by Paramor ...

Chief economist update: Younger migrants and the elderly keep wages low

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2018
... changes occurring in Australia as revealed in the ABS report. The Governor says, "The increase in Australia's population growth over the past decade is largely due to increased immigration; the rate of natural increase has not changed that much." ...

EM bonds attractive despite pullback: Eaton Vance

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2018
... bonds because the sector can be influenced by changes in sentiments. Eaton Vance sees tailwinds to EM as: rising population growth, improving standard of living for middle classes, stable inflation, a still-favorable monetary policy, and a rising consumer ...

RARE wins mandate from $182bn US manager

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
... likely be driven by refurbishing existing infrastructure, while demographic factors such as urbanization and population growth are more likely to drive growth in emerging markets." The mandate follows on from RARE continuing its partnership with non-profit ...