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Teach a man to fish: ANZ

A community savings program set up by ANZ and a charity group three years ago has proven that improving an individual's financial literacy has lasting benefits. The latest research has shown that Saver Plus, the matched savings program jointly developed ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2007
The Australian National Accounts were released yesterday showing that in seasonally adjusted terms GDP increased by 1 per cent during the December quarter which is the highest growth since June 2005. The previous September quarter had a meager 0.3 per ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2007
The most recent monthly retail trade data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows that in seasonally adjusted terms the turnover for the retail and hospitality services sector increased by 0.9 per cent in January after rises of 0.2 per cent in ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2007
Analysis of data on private new capital expenditure and expected expenditure just release by the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows that in seasonally adjusted terms total new capital expenditure rose by only 1 per cent during the September to December ...

Private equity everywhere: CHAMP

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2007
Private equity players are now rightfully an integral part of any deal in Australia, big or small, according to Nat Childers, director of CHAMP Private Equity. Addressing attendees at the 2007 Asian Private Equity and Venture Forum, Childers painted ...

Centro to buy $6.35b US REIT

Centro Retail Trust (CER) and Centro are to acquire US-based New Plan Excel Realty Trust for $6.35 billion (US$5 billion) less than four months after the group signed another US REIT deal for Heritage for $4.35 billion. Shares in Centro were in a trading ...

...meanwhile hedge fund sector returns can be synthesised

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2007
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) said most of the returns for the hedge fund sector can be explained by their asset allocation, meaning it is possible to assemble a synthetic investment strategy to mimic hedge fund sector returns. Paul Brakke, a ...

HFA to meet full year forecast

Less than a year since its public listing, absolute return fund manager HFA Holdings has announced it is on track to meet full year profit forecasts and has flagged upcoming changes to the management board. Listing on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2007
Following the lead of the Western Australian Government, which announced a $300 million scheme whereby the State government would take a 30-40 per cent share in home ownership with 3,000 low to middle income earners, the national Labor spokeswoman for ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2007
The Labour Price Index released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics yesterday shows that in seasonally adjusted terms the overall growth to December last year from a year earlier was 4 per cent which was composed of a 3.8 per cent increase in private ...