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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2006
The skills crisis continues to occupy the discussions of business and community leaders with the head of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Peter Hendy, commenting that the $1 billion called for by Australian Industry Group counterpart ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2006
The Australian share market remained in negative territory today held back by a fall on Wall Street. Stronger commodity prices, particularly in oil and gold, made the resource stocks the exception to the general downturn. At 1211 AEST the benchmark ...

Star ratings on staff? Only in China

The third largest bank in China, the Bank of China (BOC), has introduced the penultimate in 'customer satisfaction' surveys, asking customers to rate individual banking employees on the spot with a one-star to five-star rating based on service level. ...

Super funds to back new home equity mortgage group

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2006
Superannuation funds are set to get behind a new home equity mortgage group, headed up by the former chief executive officer of Rothschild Asset Management, that will bring shared appreciation style mortgages to Australia. Peter Martin together with ...

Asteron adds to Wealthstar investment menu

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2006
Asteron has announced the addition of six new investment options to its Wealthstar suite of products. Asteron said that the new options will give advisers and their clients more choice while still maintaining the simplicity of the investment menu. The ...

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 ...

Members Equity seeks alternative source of capital

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2006
Members Equity Bank is sounding out investors for the sale of $50 million of deeply subordinated debt, with the bank obliged to consider alternative sources of quasi-equity in light of a series of policy changes by the banking regulator. The Australian ...

OptiMix adds emerging markets to diversified portfolio

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2006
OptiMix will include global emerging markets as an asset class in three of its diversified funds, citing diversification benefits and potentially higher returns as primary reasons for the shift in strategic asset allocation. The multi-manager will now ...

Daily economic round-up

ALFRED SINN  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2006
The headline news over the weekend was the G7 meeting in Singapore where the world's seven richest nations met to discuss current and future economic hurdles. The group sees its member countries continuing to steam ahead in the high energy prices environment ...

Mellon scores $10m global alpha mandate

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2006
Mellon Global Investments Australia has been awarded a $10 million mandate from MasterSuper. The $10 million MasterSuper mandate will go to Mellon's Global Alpha Trust, a relative value multi-strategy fund approaching three years since its inception. ...