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Daily Economic Update

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2007
... acquisitions area is likely to keep a baseline level of support under the market. A study by Professor Bob Birrell of Monash University's Centre for Population and Urban Research has found that 34 per cent of about 12,000 international students who were ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2007
... cent on an annual basis following the 0.2 per cent fall in November to be the first consecutive falls since 2001. The University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index increased to 98 in January after as score of 91.7 in December further suggesting that ...

TOWER adds two to its board

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2006
... said the two new directors would deepen the board's strength and experience. Lewinsky holds an MBA from the Melbourne University, is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and is a senior fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australia. ...

New planners lack listening skills

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2006
Research from Deakin University has found that recently qualified financial planners are deficient in listening skills and lack the required knowledge to formulate a plan for those approaching retirement. The Deakin University research looked at 162 ...

MTAA Super appoints new chairman

... independent director and chairman of the fund's Trustee Board. Dr. Hawke is the current Chancellor of the Australian Naitonal University and holds other appointments such as with the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics Advisory Board, Canberra ...

Use SG to pay HECS and let funds borrow: ICAA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2006
... chase and penalise employers that do not pay their SG, it should allow young graduates in the first three years out of university to divert SG payments into paying off HECS, it should allow super funds to use leveraged investments and deductibility of ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2006
A report by Monash University Professor Bob Birrell draws negative conclusions about the reliance by the government on the use of migrant accountants. The report, The Changing Face of the Accounting Profession in Australia, found competency levels of ...

Daily Economic Round Up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2006
... ask state training ministers to lift the quantity of vocational qualifications by 2 per cent each year. The Monash University Centre for the Economics of Education has estimated that there is a need for a 14 per cent increase in diplomas and a 27 per ...

Daily Economic Round Up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2006
The Monash University Centre for Economics of Education and Training has produces a report funded by the Dusseldorp Skills Forum that has found that there are about 540,000 young Australians not in full-time work or learning. Of this number 330,000 ...

Joining a DB fund the ultimate choice

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2006
... DB funds different risk factors to single employer DB funds. What happened to Ansett won't happen to Unisuper." The university sector is multi-national as many academics move each year between Australia, the UK and the US. To not offer comparable super ...