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BOQ writes off franchise loans

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2008
... franchises set up in Sydney over the last three years are failing to meet business targets. The bulk of these branches are producing new lending volumes of less than $2 million a month, which is half the target set under each franchise's business plan ...

Rates on hold thanks to oil prices

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2008
... it will take the pressure off prices rises and reduce the likelihood that investors will want to fund additional oil producing infrastructure. If the sustained high oil prices keep pushing vehicle manufacturers towards developing alternative engines ...

High Net Worth wealth tops $42tr

TRS pumps $1.26bn into PE

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2008
... total portfolio as of the end of March this year. Private equity remains one of TRS's top performing asset classes, producing 23 percent returns over the one-year and three-year reporting periods ending March 31 and producing a nearly 20 percent return ...

Record jobless rate not feeding a wage spiral

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2008
The lowest jobless rate in more than three decades is not producing a wage rise spiral, a report shows. Total pay rates, which include bonuses and overtime, increased by 7.5 per cent in the year to May, the Melbourne Institute quarterly wages report ...

Emissions trading won't fix climate change: expert

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2008
... dismisses the criticism as short sighted even though he can only point to wind power creating power stations capable of producing just 5 megawatts in electricity output, though a small scale in Blayney in NSW produces 10 megawatts of power. By way of ...

Cut PDS to less than 20 pages: study

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2008
... retail fund could go up to 200 pages, but split into separate booklets. However, many super funds have worked towards producing shorter PDSs in recent months.

Agriculture drives biofuel investing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
... said Jon Sutton, the bank's executive general manager of agribusiness. "In the United States - one of the largest wheat producing countries in the world and the largest wheat exporter - there has been a definite move away from traditional wheat and barley ...

Super gender gap narrows

... government on financial literacy initiatives. "The Australian government, through their financial literacy unit, has started producing fact sheets for women [on their super]. We're also looking at ways to work with state governments and the Australian ...

Post sub-prime, ethics more crucial than ever: CFAs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
... said Diermeir. There must also be tougher emphasis on codes of conduct and ethics, which is why the CFA Institute is producing many papers on trustee, investment manger and fiduciary standards that they hope will be adopted around the world.