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VC funds outperform, punch above their weight

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... is estimated at $14 billion. Analysis contained in the report revealed that while these companies represented only 0.3% of GDP they accounted for 10% of national research and development investment and 27% of patent citations. "Ten of the largest VC-backed ...

Careful of the recession you wish for

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2013
... output by the end of the year. Australia's unemployment rate was 5.5% in April, its budget deficit would come around 1.0% of GDP and it grew by 3.1% in the year to the December quarter of last year (latest available). Could it be? Australia is going ...

Breaking the bad in the eurozone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2013
... these days, 'ey? There's no more fear and no more tears, it seems. Not even with reports out only last week that Eurozone GDP fell by 0.2% in the first quarter, taking to six the total number of quarters that the region has been shrinking. And oh, the ...

Local funds ignore US $10.6tr pension market

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2013
... annual Financial Standard Sales & Marketing Forum at Sydney's Shangri-La Hotel. He said while financial services (at 9.6% of GDP) contribute more to the Australian economy than any other sector - more even than mining -- the industry accounts for just ...

Austerity can be hazardous to your health

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013

Financial markets give the budget a big yawn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
... already know what happened to Treasurer Wayne Swan's guessed and "promised" A$1.5 billion underlying cash balance (0.1% of GDP) surplus for 2012/13. It amazingly turned into an A$19.4 billion deficit (1.3% of GDP). All because the government's optimistic ...

Super industry urged to increase transparency: ASFA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2013
... Forum, Vamos said the superannuation industry is seen as the "ballast within the economy". The industry, she said, is equal to GDP. "That means that we will always attract the attentions of political parties, no matter who's in office." These two factors ...

London firm Stratton enters Australian market

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2013
... carried by funds which rely on weighting. "The Fund does not invest in countries with liabilities greater than 50 percent of GDP, regardless of their index weighting or supposed credit rating, the fund invests in issuers that Stratton Street believes ...

Wealth of opportunities for Aussie asset managers overseas

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013
... Sales & Marketing Forum at Sydney's Shangri-La Hotel, Himbury said while financial services contribute 9.6% to Australian GDP, more than any other sector including mining, the industry only accounted for 0.5% of exports. "Overseas markets offer compelling ...

A long two-month wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013