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Economic round-up: Manufacturing out run by fitness

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2007
... export industries. Ai Group chief executive, Heather Ridout, said, "With the Australian dollar approaching US$0.85 in recent times, there is also a risk that the export gains clawed back by the manufacturing sector in the past two years might be further ...

Professionals must have an ethical code: CFA Institute

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2007
... were 139 new CFA charter holders admitted in Australia. However, in a sign of things to come, there were two-and-a- half times more in China. Indeed, Australia's performance only matched the island state of Singapore. To broaden their reach, the CFA ...

Economic round-up: dust off the bear suit

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2007
... Stanley's chief European equities strategist, Teun Draaisma, claims PE ratios are at an all-time and hazardous high of 20 times, and that investors have become far too comfortable with the market's liquidity. Draaisma believes, "people could be in for ...

Regulation of private equity unlikely to change

... with 1.75 per cent of the value of Australian listed equities. In Australia in 2006 buyout firms borrowed an average 6.5 times the target company's annual EBITDA, up from five times a few years ago. In the UK leverage was 6.41 times EBITDA at June last ...

BT Wrap technology in full throttle

... That contrasts with the previous method where in some case, financial planners have to type in the same information five times before the platform is fully up-to-date with those changes. "This means they can re-use stored client information, remove the ...

Super fees battle competition and returns

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2007
... research, Andrew Keevers. "In 2007 the key finding was that workplace super fees have increased by 8 per cent, nearly three times the rate of inflation," Keevers said. "The major reason for this fee increase in 2007 was from an investment management ...

Economic round-up: Yearning for a yuan inspired Asian euro

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2007
... Japan and China. Meanwhile, in a move that confirms China's rapidly evolving role in world capital markets, the New York Times has reported that the Chinese Government has just purchased a non-voting stake in the Blackstone private equity group for US$3 ...

Economic round-up: Beijing tugging the reins

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2007
... CSI 300 Index hiked 85 per cent to mid-May since the start of this year. According to Bloomberg the index is valued at 43 times earnings which is triple the ratio of Morgan Stanley Capitals International Emerging Markets index. Back in February when ...

Super fees jump triple inflation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2007
... Rainmaker has released their 2007 super and retirement fund survey, showing fees have jumped 8 per cent, or nearly three times the inflation rate. But the continuing performance bull run is distracting funds more focused on expanding their investments ...

Three times the tax without a TFN

Around 900,000 super fund members are paying three times more tax on their super than they have to because they haven't given their tax file number (TFN) to their employers. Superpartners, the largest administration services provider in the country ...