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Australia IT needs more R&D

Australia has ranked fifth in terms of global competitiveness but has lagged behind other OECD countries on investment in research and development (R&D), according to a new study by the Economist Intelligence Unit. Sponsored by the Business Software ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2007
... court judgement on the c7 sports case is due out. An Australian Business Economists presentation will be given by economist Jeff Schubert on "Dictatorial CEOs through history: tricks of the trade". On the markets, the meeting for convertible note holders ...

Bank on high quality: ipac

... bargain levels because of the current investment fad of rewarding 'low quality' companies, said ipac's chief investment officer Jeff Rogers. He explained that if you go back to the bear market of 2002, some low quality companies were close to bankruptcy. ...

Hedge and non-hedge collide

... portfolios would become increasingly more complex as both traditional and hedge fund styles of investing continue to merge, said Jeff Rogers, chief investment officer at ipac Securities. Speaking at the Rainmaker Marketing Symposium today, Rogers said ...

D'Aloisio put forward as Lucy's replacement

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2007
Treasurer Peter Costello has flagged his preference for who should fill the top job at the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), proposing former Australian Stock Exchange head, Tony D'Aloisio, take over when current chairman Jeffrey ...

LDI spurs growth of bond derivatives

... locking in the risk', which is about covering those pension liabilities," said ipac securities' chief investment officer Jeff Rogers. According to JP Morgan research, 10 per cent of pension funds in the UK now use LDI and that there are between 30 to ...

Bluestone targets the smaller end of town

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2007
Bluestone Group is striding into more new territory with the announcement that it is establishing a new lending arm servicing the self-employed, sole traders and professional investors in the $10 billion commercial property market. The group has established ...

TOWER adds two to its board

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2006
TOWER Australia Group has appointed two new independent directors, chairman Dr Keith Barton announced yesterday. Peter Lewinsky and Ralph Pliner have been appointed to the board of TOWER effective immediately. Dr Barton said the two new directors would ...

Ex-FAI financial controller sentenced

... obligation to ensure that financial information provided to the market is accurate and can be relied upon', said ASIC chairman Jeff Lucy. 'The jailing of Mr Boulden shows there are significant consequences for company officers who knowingly allow false ...

Whose side are you on, asks ASIC

Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman, Jeff Lucy, said planners must always act in the best interest of their clients if they want the general public to view the industry as a legitimate profession. In his keynote address ...