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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2006
... Department of Workplace Relations' Skilled Vacancies Index rose by 5.6 per cent in August from the seasonally adjusted July figure, although this was down 7.8 per cent over the last year. The July data was an 11.2 per cent fall from the previous month. ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2006
In a parting note the Reserve Bank of Australia governor, Ian Macfarlane, agreed with financial market forecasts that it was likely that there would be another interest rate hike in either November or December with the economy running at full capacity ...

Big tax hits drive after-tax reporting

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2006
The end of financial year has flagged strong profits for some, but as a slew of tax statements are received by investors some are bound to be shocked by hefty bills, highlighting that the domestic industry is a laggard in after-tax reporting. But that ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2006
... of 2000 which followed the introduction of the GST. The index fell to 90 points which is a 17 point fall from the July figure, when the index is below 100 the proportion of pessimists outweighs those of optimists. Sentiment fell for all five questions ...

HFA goes from strength to stronger profits

Absolute return fund manager HFA Holdings has announced a better than expected set of numbers in its first year as a public company, with shareholders enjoying healthy share price appreciation. HFA recorded a 113 per cent increase in funds under management ...

Super changes drive up bottom line: Rice Walker

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2006
... Warner, Michael Rice, said the group estimates the superannuation market will be worth up to 16 per cent more than the figure estimated prior to the changes. "The reason for this is accumulated over two budgets," said Rice. "The increased co-contribution ...

BT Wrap blasts through $25bn

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2006
... Financial Group has announced a huge 39 per cent hike in funds under administration for its BT Wrap, taking the headline figure to $25 billion. For the 12 months to June 2006 BT announced a 39 per cent jump in funds under administration, a 45 per cent ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2006
... Hugo says that it is difficult to estimate the number of Australian professionals working overseas, but he feels that the figure is likely to be between 800,000 and 1 million, of which about half are in Europe and about half of them in the UK. India ...

Financial services exports trailing economy

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2006
Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs, Trade and International Security Kevin Rudd has unveiled a plan to promote Australia as an Asia hub and boost financial services exports, saying we are missing a potential growth opportunity. Speaking to the Investment ...

Daily economic report

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2006
The US Federal Reserve held interest rates firm last night at 5.25 per cent after 17 consecutive rate increases since June 2004, a result of rising energy and labour costs. The June quarter data showed that the annualised pace of growth halved to 2.5 ...