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Dinosaur fund taxes should be scrapped: Bowen

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2008
Australia's managed funds industry may soon undergo a major tax revamp as Assistant Treasurer Chris Bowen calls for the Board of Taxation to review taxation arrangements applying to the sector. Minister Bowen told an Investment and Financial Services ...

Renewable energy needs super aid

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2008
Emerging energy market adviser and fund manager Bakers Investment Group (BIG) has warned that the government's 2020 renewable energy target will be unachievable if investment incentives halt in the sector - especially for superannuation funds. BIG has ...

Asian property under the microscope: AEW

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2007
There is more to running a global property portfolio than just buying REIT shares as you have to be involved on the ground and be an active player to identify the right deals inside nuance-filled regional markets, according to a Singapore property expert. ...

Korea the next big thing

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2007
Korea could be the next investment frontier for Australian institutional investors, according to Perry Ha, managing director of American venture capital company DFJAthena. In Australia to raise funds for his AU$125 million Korean venture capital fund ...

Australian economy to lose shine in 2025

London-based economic futurist and author Hamish McRae predicts that the US will remain the largest economic hub in the world by 2025 with China a close second but that Australia will be overtaken by India and Mexico. Speaking at this year's Fidelity ...

Australia as Asian hub a pipe dream

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2007
Australia's hopes of becoming the primary Asian financial hub, as espoused recently by MLC chief executive Steve Tucker, are in severe need of a reality check, according to FTSE's Asia Pacific managing director Paul Hoff. Speaking during a whistlestop ...

Become fin services hub or miss the boat: IFSA

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2007
Australia's funds management industry needs to establish itself as a global financial services hub or risk missing out on large future economic gains, according to a reporty by the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA). According to the ...

Asian hub Australia's next goal: MLC

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2007
Australia's financial services industry is of global calibre and should be aiming to become the southern hemisphere's primary financial hub, according to MLC chief executive, Steve Tucker. "Financial services has the capacity to do for Australia what ...

Economic round up: offshore outsourcing outsourced

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2007
As technology industries' demand for offshore services drives India's wages growth, India's Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is sending some of its outsourcing services offshore to Mexico. While India's salaries generally remain significantly lower than ...

Fin services not delivering

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2007
Ten years after the Wallis financial system inquiry, the industry has failed to deliver on its promise and continues to lag the rest of the economy while it has also become an export failure, highlighting that the inquiry really delivered very few tangible ...