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NZ managed funds hit A$56 billion

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2007
... estimated 23 per cent over the same period, said Rainmaker. In fact, according to figures in the 2007-08 Australian Federal Budget, the Australian Future Fund is already bigger than the entire NZ managed funds market. The disparity in the respective ...

Starved infrastructure will bite into growth

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2007
... economic growth and the vast new trade and investment opportunities emerging - particularly from China." But the Federal budget's planned spend of $22.3 billion over five years will fall well short of what CEDA anticipates Australia will need to spend ...

Can the cash-fest save our competitiveness?

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2007
... solidly by world standards. But it is not clear that we are laying the foundations for future economic success." The federal budget will surely deliver some ticks on the Yearbook's lists of needed reforms and should improve our ranking of only 12th for ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2007
... flat Wall Street lead and mixed commodity prices. Analysts said the bourse was having a "yawn" after last night's federal budget, which economists believe was relatively interest rate-friendly. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was 7.2 points ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2007
... June share price index contract was 20 points lower at 6304. After last night's relatively interest rate friendly federal budget, which introduces new spending initiatives and tax cuts, the Australian Bureau of Statistics today will release the house ...

Not easy being green

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2007
... Generous tax cuts are expected for working families and business will receive a kiss-and-make-up tax deal in the Federal Budget, but our four-legged rural residents might just be put on notice as part of the Budget's environmental contingencies. For ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2007
... slightly today after a record run as Qantas remains in a trading halt and the market awaits the outcome of today's Federal budget. At 0811 AEST, on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the June share price index contract was down two points to 6335. Treasurer ...

Consulting the cows

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2007
... Chevron's reportedly huge oil find in Cambodia. No doubt Australia's cows haven't been consulted on the outcome of the Federal Budget, but our economists have been busy talking it up - and down. However, a big litmus test regarding economic capacity ...

Crystal ball gets cloudy in wait for CPI figures

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2007
... measures therefore will decelerate in annual terms - this should be enough to keep the RBA on the sidelines." With the Federal Budget due out in the following week and particularly with a Federal election approaching, the RBA may find that a rate hike ...

Simpler super needs complex planning

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2007
... Planners looking to help their clients make the most out of the Simpler Super reforms flowing from last year's Federal Budget had better get busy or they might miss the opportunities. Kate Anderson, head of technical services at Mariner Financial services ...