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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2006
... decided to impose a 16.5 per cent import duty on shoes from China and a 10 per cent one on those from Vietnam following research that found that these industries were being subsidized by the Asian governments involved. In the last few months the EU concluded ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2006
... decided to impose a 16.5 per cent import duty on shoes from China and a 10 per cent one on those from Vietnam following research that found that these industries were being subsidized by the Asian governments involved. In the last few months the EU concluded ...

You are how you spend, not your age

... a new book, NEO power: how the new economic order is changing the way we live, work, and play, based on six years of research surveying more than 500,000 consumers. The book re-defines consumers into two categories: the NEOs, those who will spend in ...

New alternatives offering from van Eyk

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2006
... includes a line up of five other investment options. The trust will be actively managed, using van Eyk's own fund manager research and will invest via managers who have been A or AA rated by their team. The Blueprint Alternative fund will invest in hedge ...

Asteron ramps up insurance and income protection

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2006
... significant shortfall in income protection for small business owners and self-employed workers. The move is in response to research conducted by Rice Walker Actuaries who estimated that 69 per cent of self-employed or small business owners do not have ...

Clearing houses need to be licensed: ASIC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2006
... and operators need an Australian Financial Service License (AFSL). Mark Adams, ASIC's director of regulatory policy and research, said, "ASIC considers that superannuation clearing houses and electronic payment facilities are ordinarily financial products ...

Less confusion, more clarity on managed accounts: IMAP

Competing players from Australia's fast growing managed accounts sector will join forces to present the public with a uniform set of terminologies and help clarify the confusion surrounding the different managed account products. Around 40 industry ...

HOST-PLUS storms into NRL grand final

HAMISH MADDEN, ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2006
... demographic firmly in mind and it was not simply a case of a sporting sponsorship. The Storm, according to NRL and AC Nielsen research, being the second most popular team in the NRL was of course an added bonus. Financial institutions have a long association ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2006
... scientific innovation beyond what was exported to us from overseas. This also reflects recent analysis of Australia's research standing. Russia also fell significantly from 53rd place to 62nd as a result of concerns about property rights and legal redress ...

First time home buyers locked out: Genworth

... consumer-friendly home loan products. According to the latest Genworth Financial Mortgage Trends Report, conducted by research firm Datamonitor, only 17 per cent of total mortgage loans for owner-occupied properties were given to first time home buyers ...