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Regulation of private equity unlikely to change

... ASIC will continue to monitor developments closely." According to Cooper's figures, funds held by private equity firms equate with 1.75 per cent of the value of Australian listed equities. In Australia in 2006 buyout firms borrowed an average 6.5 times ...

Economic round-up: Wage wars

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2007
... what it deems an appropriate figure, but the ACTU has and is pushing for a 5 per cent across-the-board increase that will equate to around $28 per week for approximately 12 per cent of Australia's workforce. The previous minimum wage increase seemed ...

Crystal ball gets cloudy in wait for CPI figures

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2007
... accumulated almost $4 billion dollars in long-term investments that earn them a very healthy 18 per cent annually this will equate to an additional $100 million a year for some. Record low jobless figures mean record inflows into the Australian superannuation ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2007
Just released ABS Jobs vacancies data shows that in the year to February there were 12.8 per cent more vacancies on a trend basis and this in addition to the highest wage growth in a decade and more bouyant housing market and consumer demand data suggests ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2007
Following its most recent meeting about interest rates the Reserve Bank has expectedly decided not to raise interest rates and the cash rate remains unchanged at 6.25 per cent. The RBA expects non-farm GDP to increase to 3.5 per cent having softened ...

Hedge fund crosses the Rubicon

Sick of hearing critics complain about management fees charged by hedge funds, local hedge fund of funds (FOF) provider Rubicon Asset Management has launched a hedge fund platform with no management fees attached. "The impact of high fee structures ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2006
This is largely because of their inflationary effects as a result of businesses, particularly in the construction sector, competing for labour and materials. Costello argues that the $9 billion that has been set aside for tax cuts per year over the ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2006
... final details of the personal consumption expenditure index which is expected to grow by 0.1 per cent in July which would equate to an annual increase in core PCE prices of 2.4 per cent which is within the target range set by the Federal Reserve. On ...

Plum puts increased super savings on auto-pilot

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2006
... they want to do it but they never end up doing it." With the Escalator Program, however, the concept of saving does not equate with a sacrifice as the increased contributions will generally be funded through pay rises. "Some of your pay rise you might ...

Daily economic report

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2006
The US Federal Reserve held interest rates firm last night at 5.25 per cent after 17 consecutive rate increases since June 2004, a result of rising energy and labour costs. The June quarter data showed that the annualised pace of growth halved to 2.5 ...