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NSW bankruptcies reach record highs

The latest quarterly figures from the Insolvency and Trustee Service Australia (ITSA) have shown record levels of bankruptcies in NSW with accountancy specialist Hall Chadwick warning "more bumps" are ahead. Compared to an already high 1,900 bankruptcies ...

China growth an uneven story: Keating

Former Prime Minister Paul Keating told SIBOS attendees yesterday that China is a "very mixed place in terms of prosperity and opportunity" and dispelled some easy truths about doing business in a region going through an unprecedented growth spurt. ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2006
The Reserve Bank has decided to leave the cash rate unchanged at 6 per cent following the Australian Bureau of Statistics announcement yesterday that in seasonally adjusted terms retail sales increased by 0.3 per cent in August after the 0.5 per cent ...

Praemium appoints Qld state manager

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2006
Listed portfolio administration provider Praemium has appointed a new state manager for Queensland. Gwen Chew will take on the business development role and will aim to build the business through managing existing client relationships and sourcing new ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after a strong lead from Wall Street. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0726 AEST, the December share price index contract was up 34 points at 5,012. Today, Western Uranium is due to list on the ...

Statewide boosts investment team

Following the lead of a number of other superannuation funds, South Australian based Statewide Superannuation Trust has boosted its internal investment team by appointing an in-house investment manager and replaced its chief financial officer after ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2006
At the Cairns group of 18 agricultural exporting countries, Argentina and Brazil have joined Australia in calling for developing countries to reduce agricultural trade protection. Prime Minister John Howard said last night that whilst Australia's subsidies ...

Plan B snaps up second NZ planning business

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2006
Western Australian based financial planning group Plan B has continued to stretch out over the Tasman with the acquisition of its second New Zealand based planning firm in a fortnight. Plan B has snapped up boutique planning firm, Rutherford Rede (Northland) ...

Centro expands retail team

Property fund manager Centro Properties has brought on board two additional business development managers to cope with the increase in financial advisers recommending its products. Elva Xenos will be working with financial planning dealer groups in ...

Daily Economic Round Up: All about Housing

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2006
Australian Bureau of Statistics data just released showed that housing starts were down 2.3 per cent over the last quarter on a seasonally adjusted basis and this represented a 5.5 per cent fall over the last year. On this national basis new private ...