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ASIC welcomes ex-head of ASX

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2006
The former chief executive officer of the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX), Tony D'Aloisio, will start his new life as a regulator after being announced as a newly appointed commissioner with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2006
Data on the number of job vacancies was released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics yesterday revealing that on a seasonally adjusted basis the national figure stood at 154,000 in August, up by 11 per cent from the corresponding quarter last year. ...

QIC and eG Capital form strategic alliance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2006
QIC, through its Queensland Biotechnology Fund (QBF), has taken a 20 per cent position in the biotech specialist investment house eG Capital. eG Capital, otherwise known as Emerging Growth Capital Pty Ltd, is a full service financial advisory and brokerage ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2006
The Director General of the 140 member World Trade Organisation, Pascal Lamy, has moved the deadline for several key countries to accede to opening up their agricultural markets more to March of next year following frictions at the Cairns round of 18 ...

INGIM adds to private equity team

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2006
ING Investment Management (INGIM) has added to its private equity team with the appointment of Richard Hughes. Hughes leaves his former role in Auckland with private equity group Direct Capital to join the INGIM private equity team in Sydney. Director ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2006
The monthly survey of business confidence by NAB fell four points in August to a score of six having apparently peaked in March of this year at 14. The three components of the index were down with the sales index falling one point, the profitability ...

Space-Time Research attracts VCs

Don't let the name fool you. Space-Time Research (STR) is not a secret society of physicists but a profit-making statistical software firm with IPO potential. Jolimont Ventures, a private equity firm backed by Macquarie Funds Management, and Star Fish ...

Abacus Property to launch hotel fund

In the last 12 months diversified property fund manager Abacus Property Group has steadily built up hotel assets to the tune of $250 million ahead of a new hospitality fund to be launched later this year. "We are just finalising the structure of that ...

Scale is king and it saves members money too

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2006
Funds are no longer talking up mergers for their own sake, but it is already clear that well executed mergers or growth strategies can save members a significant amount of money. Alison McIvor, national manager marketing and communications at Australian ...

Biotech looms as boom sector

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2006
The biotech sector is emerging as a sunrise opportunity for investors who have an eye on the long term, looking for very strong capital gains. "Biotech is all about the use of biological processes to create commercial products," said Brad Ross-Sampson ...