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HOSTPLUS grows 33 per cent

HOSTPLUS, the hospitality and tourism industry superannuation fund has recorded a 33 per cent growth in FUM, taking it from $3 billion to $4 billion for year ending August 2005. The growth has come from increasing employee members, more voluntary member ...

Hostplus gets an APRA licence

... Regulation Authority (APRA). Hostplus chief executive officer David Elia says that its 630,000 members from the hospitality, tourism, recreation and leisure sector can now be confident that their fund conforms to the most stringent standards set by APRA. ...

MFS launches new fund in property trusts and firms ties with Babcock & Brown

... retail distribution of managed products, structured finance property transactions and investment opportunities in the local tourism market.

AIF increases its stake in airports

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2005
... potential capital structure. "It also provides diversification across the portfolio as well, with the Gold Coast airport being tourism related and Townsville and Mt Isa more business travel related," he says. Townsville Airport is the 11th busiest airport ...

Economy withstands impact of tsunami

... greatest extent of the tsunami and even there the crucial energy and timber industries were hardly affected. The local tourism trade will be most affected but Oliver expects it to recover fairly quickly. The economist estimates the negative effect of ...

PBL announces takeover offer for Burswood Casino

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2004
... an off-market bid of $1.40 a share for all the securities it does not already own in the business, one of Perth's major tourism operations. The media and gaming group stole a march on potential rivals for Burswood in September last year, when it upped ...

December trade balance widens to $2.55 billion: ABS

AAP  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2004
... expected by analysts. The $839 million increase in the trade shortfall was partly caused by a drop off in international tourism, which had been boosted by the Rugby World Cup. The ABS said travel services dropped 12% in December, allowing for seasonal ...

GPT expects strong retail, industrial income growth

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2004
... Trust said today it expects to experience strong growth in retail and industrial income and an improvement in office and tourism markets in 2004. GPT said net profit for the 12 months to December 31, 2003 was up 8.8% to $420.2 million. GPT declared earnings ...

66,000 new jobs in Australia for February quarter: forecast

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2003
... today. The second quarterly Sydney Morning Herald Employment Forecast said the global economic recovery and a rebound in tourism should take some of the sting out of the looming property slowdown and help drive the creation of 66,000 jobs. The biggest ...

NT chief minister in campaign to generate investments to the area

... cross-cultural education and employment opportunities (with an emphasis on the aboriginal population), the enhancement of tourism and trade (internationally and domestically), the establishment of higher education establishments, the development of natural ...