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Southern Cross aims to invest early with VC fund

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2006
... investment stories in the areas of materials, electronics, IT, telecommunications, nanotechnology, environmental science, defence and clean energy in the Australian market. The Southern Cross Fund has already reached $100m in funds on the back of strong ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2006
... three months to March, according to the latest ABS data. Most of that rise came from Federal government expenditure on defence equipment. This was up 8.8 per cent compared to state and local government spending which was up 0.7 per cent. The Australian ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2006
... spend $10 billion in creating two new army battalions and raising the size of the army from 25,000 to nearly 30,00 troops. Defence Minister Brendan Nelson suggested that people could be in their 40s and 50s and that asthmatics, people with tattoos and ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2006
... climbed 6.34 points, or 0.29 percent, to 2,163.95. LONDON - Britain's FTSE 100 index closed higher, supported by gains in defence group BAE Systems after it won a record export order, while Imperial Tobacco got a boost from a US court ruling. The FTSE ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2006
... surrounding U.S. earnings buoyed stocks on Wall Street, offsetting the downward pull from the mining and aerospace and defence sectors. The FTSE 100 index close up 8 points, or 0.14 percent, at 5,896.9 points, having traded lower for much of the session ...

VFMC busted investing with tobacco giant

... invested in Altria, the parent company of Phillip Morris. It was reported that Victorian Premier Steve Bracks has come out in defence of VFMC saying public shares can be invested in companies that offer the best returns, with a government spokeswoman ...

Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2006
... lower than market expectations for a decline of only 0.5 per cent. The April drop was driven by a 24.2 per cent fall in defence orders following large increases in the previous two months. Ex-defence orders fell by 3.8 per cent. Shipments declined by ...

Multiplex to launch and list $640m office fund

... Express building on Sydney's King Street Wharf, 50 per cent of the Ernst & Young Centre at Sydney's World Square and the Defence Plaza in Melbourne. "This is an exciting opportunity for the group and follows on from the successful Multiplex New Zealand ...

Daily economic update

... in March following an upwardly revised gain of 0.4 per cent in February. Expectations were for a rise of 3.7 per cent. Defence orders increased sharply, jumping by 12.5 per cent in the month while transportation surged by 14.7 per cent. Durable goods ...

Westpac flags billion dollar play in residential REIT

... residential housing. This week, the group announced that it has bought $100 million worth of residential property from the Defence Housing Authority (DHA), with plans to buy more at a later date. To put in perspective, the $100 million deal covers the ...