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Starved infrastructure will bite into growth

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2007
Opposition Leader, Kevin Rudd, played the political magician last night by pulling some surprising economic and political rabbits out of the hat, but there's still no talk of feeding our starved infrastructure any time soon. If anyone was wondering ...

Get outta town

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2007
... beautiful harbour, NSW Premier Morris Iemma warned residents staying put to expect to be "significantly inconvenienced." Rail and road closures, ferry cancellations, as well as city lock-downs are what can be expected for those who decide not to clear-off ...

Vanguard puts case for passive-active allocation

An asset allocation expert from leading index manager Vanguard has put forward the case for a portfolio construction model that invests around 40 per cent in active strategies. In a whistlestop visit to Australia, Nelson Wicas, a US based principal ...

Attitude determines financial altitude: Plum

... offer members in terms of educational materials, a stubborn 40 per cent of members won't plan for retirement. Rather than rail against this, or worse, just speak to the 60 per cent that do listen, we have come up with a program that caters to these individuals ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2007
The Australian share market has touched a new intraday high in early trade, with the big miners and banks in positive territory after the Easter long weekend. At 1015 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 Index was 34.1 points higher at 6,111.20, reaching ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2007
The Australian share market is expected to open flat after the Easter weekend. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0804 AEST, the June share price index contract was unchanged at 6,117. On the economic front, the Australian Industry Group and the Housing ...

CFS rebuilds infrastructure for $1.2b play

Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) has rejigged the top management of its infrastructure investments team ahead of plans to raise $1.2 billion from the institutional market. The group has promoted Stephen Vineburg to global head of ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2006
... too much administrative work. China has announced its intention to spend about $US250 million on up to 90,000 kilometers of rail network to further service the country's growing infrastructure needs. Problems with the rail system were exposed in 2004 ...

Pentacle adds more experience to the team

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2006
Pentacle Property Funds Management has announced the recruitment of another experienced industry professional to its investment team with the appointment of Arthur Apted. Apted brings extensive property investment experience to Pentacle, most recently ...

Mirvac to build houses for golf lovers

... benefit from strong land sales in and around Brisbane, the $8 billion Greater Springfield CBD development and the Springfield Rail construction. Mirvac Queensland is behind other residential projects including Cutters Landing at New Farm, Mossvale on ...