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Houses at half price

... the most recent example of a whole new range of products designed to address the lack of housing affordability in the country. In February, the Western Australian Government announced a $300 million scheme whereby the State government would take a 30 ...

ANZ reshuffles key management

... for personal reasons. David Hornery, formerly the managing director in Asia and responsible for developing the bank's 12-country network in the Asia Pacific region is coming back to Australia for family reasons. While ANZ said they will announce Hornery's ...

Asia Pac fin services IT spend reach $2.3 trillion

... which in turn resulted in more server sales," she explained. Competition is also a key driver in China after three of the country's top four banks listed on the public market. ""It resulted in a need to increase the speed of doing business...initiatives ...

Ageing population challenges require updated IGR

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2007
... of people who are in the workforce, is going to increase and this will be a real challenge to living standards in our country," said Costello. "I brought down an Intergenerational Report in 2002, to alert the public to the nature of this challenge. Next ...

Cbus wins Investment Stewardship Award

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2007
... funds in general. "This award further highlights our standing as one of the leading providers of superannuation in this country," Grant said. "We have about $11 billion entrusted to us by more than 480,000 members across Australia." Grant said industry ...

QIC finds value in IP

One of the largest fund managers in the country, the $55 billion Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) has injected $30 million into an intellectual property fund, the first step towards the group's increasing investment in an emerging asset class ...

Budget super changes not for low budgets

... obliged by law to give a 9 per cent Superannuation Guarantee (SG) payment on top of normal pay. "There are people in this country who work full time and don't get super and the reason is that they work for three or four employers and they don't get past ...

China funds under pressure?

... world in a single day. The reason, ironically enough, is that China is attracting more money than it can manage and the country's State Council has set up a special task force to hunt down illegal share offerings and other banned activities. The running ...

Centro to buy $6.35b US REIT

... previous target of 7 per cent growth, cementing its position as one of the top performing listed property trusts in the country. "Investor support has meant that Centro has been the highest performing Australian listed property trust over the past 10 ...

Morningstar buys S&P managed fund data business

... agree this gives them a monopoly. "No, I don't think so. We certainly will have the most comprehensive database in the country but there are other existing players that we compete with on some levels." For example, Rainmaker Group, SuperRatings and Plan ...