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Media Super launches $30m revolving fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
... Russell said. He said he expects to earn a higher return on the R&D finance facility, with interest rates set at good margins above the bank bill rate. The fund is targeting companies with a turnover of less than $20 million per annum and qualifies for ...

Philanthropy Australia names recipients of annual industry awards

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... campuses. Recognising the impact of both small-scale and large-scale giving, there were two separate awards, based on grants above $50,000 and those below. The 2017 Best Small Grant of the Year Award went to The Funding Network (Sydney) for supporting ...

CBA executive recognised for mentee commitment

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017
... lives around. "In addition to her very demanding, full-time role in the banking sector, she is an unsung hero who has gone above and beyond her volunteer role... Her mentee had complex issues and Kate has continued to support her for nine years now," ...

Savills IM expands with $90m acquisition

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
... potential for future growth." "Both of these assets will provide the fund with secure passive cash flow with fixed increases (at above inflation levels) with limited capex or leasing requirements in the short to medium term," Tredwell added. Last week ...

Too much ado about Fed reinvesting nothing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2017
... Markit and ISM surveys of the US non-manufacturing sector came in lower than market expectations in March, they remained well-above the 50-line indicating expansion. More significant, the ADP private payrolls report showed businesses hired 263K workers ...

Brexit-proof?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
... uncertainty. The latest reading might be the lowest level in four months but it's also the eight straight month that it's been above 50 (after dropping to a reading of 48.2 in July last year following the Brexit vote on 23 June). According to Markit ...

China manufacturing expansion gains and slows

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
... the index improving for the second straight month to 51.8 in March and the eight consecutive month that the index had been above the 50 expansion/contraction line. This is better than market expectations for an unchanged 51.6 reading and is the highest ...

Damned if they do, damned if they don't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
First the good news. Crude oil prices have closed the March quarter of 2017 above the psychological US$50.00 per barrel mark - the level they have risen to since the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) announced that they (and non-OPEC ...

Not our job to protect big insurers: APRA

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017
... smaller players are engaging with consumers in entirely new ways: via artificial intelligence, wearable technology and, as above, peer-to-peer services. "We welcome the opportunity to engage with insurance tech companies. They are unencumbered by the ...

ECB nips the bud of rate hike speculations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017
... While the rate of joblessness has come down from a high of 12.1% in April 2013 to 9.6% in January this year, it remains above the 8% average that prevailed in the years before the GFC (and an all-time low of 7.2% in March 2008). As for inflation, in ...