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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2007
Federal Treasurer Peter Costello has raised the issue of the tax treatment of Private Equity firms operating in Australia noting a concern that the increasing level of corporate activity in the private equity space could mean the associated higher levels ...

Meridien and AMP Capital Investors form $1bn team

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2007
... long-term returns. We are seeing rapid consolidation and the joint venture with Meridien will enable us to become a significant owner and manager in the rapidly growing retirement sector in Australia." The joint venture follows on from AMP Capital's ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2007
The Australian share market has opened lower after Wall Street haemorrhaged more than half of one per cent of its value overnight. At 1015 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 8.6 points to 5955.6, while the all ordinaries fell 7.7 points to ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAR 2007
... household mortgage arrears are increasing, they still remain at historically low levels. Indeed in excess of half of the owner occupiers analysed were ahead in their payments. The RBA also reported the strong growth in business credit, which in the case ...

Houses at half price

... Genworth Financial Mortgage Trends Report, conducted by research firm Datamonitor, only 17 per cent of total mortgage loans for owner-occupied properties were given to first time home buyers last year. The report found that first time buyers accounted ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2007
... finance increase was largely driven by a 12.5 per cent rise in revolving credit commitments. However, housing finance for owner occupation rose just 1.4 per cent indicating that consumers are not as confident about spending their money on the larger ...

Equity lenders prepare to take on reverse mortgages

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2007
Shared equity lenders are preparing for a turf war with reverse mortgage lenders for the retiree equity release market. The first non-government shared equity loan, Rismark's equity finance mortgage, is being marketed at this stage to first home buyers ...

Baby boomers in good shape

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2007
Baby boomers are in a relatively strong financial position for retirement and have more options available than ever before, according to a new report. The 16th AMP.NATSEM Income and Wealth Report, Baby boomers - doing it for themselves report, released ...

RBC Dexia ranked number one global custodian, again

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2007
RBC Dexia Investor Services has been ranked the number one global custodian for the third successive year, according to R&M Consultants' 2007 Global Custody Survey. "This has been achieved after merging the two separate investor services divisions of ...

PE investment in UK boosts job: BVCA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2007
The British Venture Capital Association (BVCA), through a survey confirming the economic impact of private equity investment, has hit back at claims private equity investors have poor disclosure and do not contribute to the national economy. "In the ...