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FUM climbs to $1.3 trillion trumping national debt

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2006
Even though growth in Australian sourced funds under management (FUM) has slowed, it still reached $1.3 trillion at end September, enough to pay off our national debt and still leave us with plenty of spare change for Christmas. According to Rainmaker's ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2006
The momentum in the economy continues to supply jobs with an extra 36,200 being added to the national total of employed persons which is now 10,288,700. Importantly, 57,400 full-time jobs were added continuing the trend of the last year though the number ...

DIY funds tail the experts

The latest survey from specialist self-managed super fund (SMSF) admin provider Multiport show that SMSFs have returned 10.1 per cent in the year to September, marginally below the returns of a comparable super fund option, the Rainmaker/Selecting Super ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2006
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher following a positive lead from Wall Street and stronger base metal prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0816 AEDT, the December share price index contract was up 25 points at 5,459. Today, the ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2006
The three interest rate hikes this year in May, August and November have taken their toll on the housing industry, according to the latest figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Building approvals data shows that on a seasonally adjusted ...

IPO activity at record levels: Deloitte

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2006
A Deloitte report has found that an expected spike in initial public offer (IPO) activity in December will push the number of IPOs this calendar year to record levels, however the total value of all public floats will be virtually half the 2005 figure. ...

Foreign investors splash $13.8b on M&A

Foreign companies have spent a record $13.8 billion in acquiring Australian companies in the first 11 months of 2006, up 91 per cent compared to last year's figures, according to research by KPMG's Corporate Finance practice. "This increase in foreign ...

Wealth managers will have difficulty with AML

WWW.THESHEET.COM.AU  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2006
The financial services organisations that will struggle most with the introduction of anti-money laundering programs are those that may otherwise be least affected by it - the life companies and investment managers in the wealth management sector. Steve ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2006
Australian retails sales data just released by the ABS shows that over the last month there was a 0.8 per cent increase on a seasonally adjusted basis following the revised increase of 0.3 per cent in September and a 0.2 increase in August. Western ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2006
ABS international trade data shows that Australia's trade imbalance increased in October by $535 million on the revised September figure to tally to a deficit of $1.26 billion. Exports rose by about 2 per cent to $18,047 million whereas imports rose ...