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Employment mobility figures revised

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2006
The Australian Bureau of Statistics has revised its estimates about the mobility of the Australian labour force noting that of 9.921 million people aged 15 years and over who were working in February 2006 for employers other than themselves, 11.6 per ...

BankWest moves up the rankings

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2006
BankWest will end 2006 as the seventh largest retail deposits bank in the country overtaking Suncorp, according to Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) figures. David Rose, head of marketing and products, said the jump up the ladder, the ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2006
The National Australia Bank's Monthly Business Survey has reported that business conditions fell by 4 points to a score of +14 during November to effectively reverse the rise of last month but still keep the index at strong levels. Business conditions ...

FUM climbs to $1.3 trillion trumping national debt

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2006
Even though growth in Australian sourced funds under management (FUM) has slowed, it still reached $1.3 trillion at end September, enough to pay off our national debt and still leave us with plenty of spare change for Christmas. According to Rainmaker's ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2006
... market has fuelled household consumption which is 2.8 per cent above the level of a year ago although this is down on the figure of 4.6 per cent of last year and 5 per cent from the year before. The value of international tourism to the Australian economy ...

DIY funds tail the experts

... cent back in July to the current 13.71 per cent. HLB Mann Judd Brisbane director, Andrew Buchan, said the 10.1 per cent figure is "not a bad return" although DIY funds could do better. "I think a lot of trustees are not maximising their returns because ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher following a positive lead from Wall Street and stronger base metal prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0816 AEDT, the December share price index contract was up 25 points at 5,459. Today, the ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2006
The three interest rate hikes this year in May, August and November have taken their toll on the housing industry, according to the latest figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Building approvals data shows that on a seasonally adjusted ...

IPO activity at record levels: Deloitte

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2006
... IPOs this calendar year to record levels, however the total value of all public floats will be virtually half the 2005 figure. The latest Deloitte IPO Report predicted that a surge in IPO activity over December would result in a lift in the number of ...

Foreign investors splash $13.8b on M&A

Foreign companies have spent a record $13.8 billion in acquiring Australian companies in the first 11 months of 2006, up 91 per cent compared to last year's figures, according to research by KPMG's Corporate Finance practice. "This increase in foreign ...