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Insto investors down but not out

... fell from 117.1 to 106 points and for European investors, the figure fell from 86.6 to 82.3 points. Harvard University professor Ken Froot, who was involved in the research, said, "The behavior of institutional investors this past month reflected a return ...

A third of over 55s will never retire: Citibank

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2007
... survey also states those wanting to retire before 60 increased from zero in May 2006 to 11 per cent in November 2006. Professor Sol Encel, honorary research associate at the Social Policy Research Centre, University of NSW, said, "Whilst many Australians ...

APRA appoints new head of research

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2007
... obtained a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics (Honours) from the University of Adelaide. She is currently associate professor of finance at the University of California Davis. Ellis has also worked at the Australian Graduate School of Management as a ...

Virtual bank collapse a warning to online world

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2007
... there are no auditors, so regardless of any rules put in place, there would be no policing of them." Robert Bloomfield, professor of management and accounting at Cornell University in Michigan, a noted commentator on Second Life, said he didn't see anything ...

Being smart doesn't guarantee wealth

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2007
Smart people have better jobs, make more money, save more, invest more and end up richer than dumb people? Not quite, according to a report. An intriguing study from the US has confirmed what many of us probably knew but wouldn't openly admit: being ...

B&B, Primelife form largest retirement fund

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2007
... sector & (and) offer investors an attractive dividend yield with strong growth potential," he said. Primelife chairman, Professor Judith Sloan, said the joint venture was an exciting opportunity, as it would "allow Primelife to accelerate its business ...

Economic round-up: Yearning for a yuan inspired Asian euro

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2007
... pump up inflation without positively impacting Australia's current account deficit, according to Fariborz Moshirian, professor of finance in the Faculty of Business at the University of NSW. Regardless of China's situation, the Asian Development Bank ...

AFS increases stake in Salisbury

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2007
... "Institutional independence was critical to the future direction and expansion planned for AFS," he said. TSG chairman, Professor Tom Valentine said; "All advisers will benefit from the breadth and diversity of the combined approved product list, while ...

Macq and UNSW do the maths

... industry to develop practical ways to boost the international competitiveness of a key sector of our economy," said Professor Ian Sloan, President of the International council for Industrial and Applied Mathematics and the head of the UNSW MASCOS team ...

China's growth unsustainable: Australian Economic Review

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2007
... unsustainable in the long run, according to a study published in the Australian Economic Review. The report's author, Professor Yu Yongding, director-general at the Institute of World Economics and Politics at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences ...