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Engineering expert joins AllianceBernstein resources team

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2006
... time with Boston Consulting, working in both the US and Australia. Gates, who has a PhD in materials, science and engineering, will have responsibility for a range of sectors though resources will be his main focus initially. He will be based in Sydn ...

Daily Economic Round Up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2006
A buoyant economy has created strong demand for professionals particularly in the engineering field where new graduates are commanding starting salaries of $50-60,000. The median for Investment banking graduates according to the Australian Association ...

The manager matters in private equity: Unigestion

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2006
... key is that they have a very hands-on operating approach, adding real value to portfolio companies. Pure financial engineering will not be enough to support private equity investments in the years to come. In terms of some investors simply throwing money ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2006
... Australia in the form of pig iron, explosives, wood products and pulp and waste paper. Australia sends mostly coal and engineering technology to Chile. The talks open the way for further market expansion into the South American region by Australia.

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2006
... the Opportunities Australia Expo in London which is aimed at attracting professionals from health, IT, education, engineering and the trades. About a 100,000 have come to Australia from Britain and Ireland since 2001 although Italy, Holland, Germany ...

Bluestone crossing the Tasman for NZ equity release

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2006
... the Tasman their lifetime fixed or capped interest rate reverse mortgages, a key aspect of their reverse mortgage engineering which gives customers predictability and security for the duration of their term and protects against fluctuations in interest ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2006
... apprenticeship training and those over 25 would be able to access $3,000 per year. In addition to the 500 plus new engineering places at universities announced in July, an extra 500 have just been added. China has just recorded its second biggest trade ...

Risky LPTs distorting the sector: Macquarie

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2006
... largely uncorrelated position as was traditionally the case, Dix said some LPTs no longer fulfilled their role instead engineering complex models for generating higher yields. "There's a big difference in the sector today compared to five to seven years ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2006
... combined, China now has the second strongest position. In 2004 China had approximately 644,000 tertiary students in engineering and computer science versus about 31,000 that Australia produced that year. This week is a key one for the US economy whose ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2006
... manufacturing of cars, textiles, clothing and footwear in exchange for access to the Chinese market in the professions of engineering, architecture and law as well as the agricultural sector. US oil exploration company Chevron has just announced that ...