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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2006
The ANZ job series released yesterday showed the number of major newspaper and internet job ads rose by 5.8 per cent in October to an average of more than 195,000 per week, 25.3 per cent higher a year ago. The earlier September increase of 0.3 per cent ...

Advice in 2020

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2006
What will the advice industry look like in 2020? Peter Bobbin from the Argyle Partnership posed the question to a panel of high powered industry thought leaders at the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) conference. Jim Minto, chief executive of ...

SimCorp expands local office

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2006
SimCorp Asia has expanded its Sydney headquarters by four, bringing the Australian headcount to 23. The four new hires will be running the implementation and support functions and will report to SimCorp Asia's Sydney based operations director, Dennis ...

Rainmaker SelectingSuper Fund of the Year Awards

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2006
The Rainmaker Group will hold its SelectingSuper Fund of the Year Awards on 3 November to celebrate the achievements of some of Australia's best super funds. Christopher Page, Rainmaker's managing director, said, "Rainmaker has been researching and ...

Future Fund climbs to $32 billion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2006
The government will transfer $14 billion to the Future Fund during 2006-07, and on top of the $18 billion parked there in May the Future Fund has already reached $32 billion in committed money. This is the second significant contribution by the government ...

Financial Standard launches eFinancialCareers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2006
Financial Standard has joined forces with the specialist financial services recruitment group eFinancialCareers to launch FinancialStandard.eFinancialCareers. eFinancialCareers is part of the Financial News group operating in the US, the UK and now ...

Southern Cross aims to invest early with VC fund

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2006
Southern Cross Venture Partners has launched a $200 million venture capital fund with a focus on early stage investments and propelling new Australian businesses on to the global stage. Southern Cross Venture Partners aims to leverage its strong existing ...

Coming soon: Virgin personal loans

Virgin Money Australia is set to shake up the personal loans sector by introducing a personal loan product that gets rid of exit or early repayment fees and promises quicker turnaround times for loan applicants. The group plans to emulate the success ...

BT backs new hedge fund

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2006
BT Financial Group has partnered with new hedge fund manager Voyager Funds Management in a distribution deal for the group's flagship Voyager Pan Asia Fund. The long-short equities fund, run by Voyager's seven person investment team, is market neutral ...

Macq talks up its quiet achiever in geared property

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2006
Macquarie is trumpeting the virtues of one of its lesser known but high performing geared property funds this week, citing outperformance of 7.1 per cent and a focus on high levels of income as reasons to take a second look at the fund after three years ...