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Not-for-profits need to engage with industry: IFSA

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2006
Speaking at the Catholic Social Services Australia Conference on Wednesday, Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) chief executive officer, Richard Gilbert, urged the not-for-profit sector to get more involved with industry to help underpin ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2006
The US economy has received good news about the abatement of inflation with the release of consumer and producer price data showing that the consumer index fell by 0.5 per cent in September and that producer prices fell by 1.3 per cent largely as a ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2006
The recently released Dun & Bradstreet Business Expectations Survey showed that about a half of business executives expect prices to increase in the fourth quarter of this year and all sectors except wholesaling expect a negative growth in profits. ...

Slow tech roll-outs putting off tech-savvy Gen Y

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2006
A workplace planning and culture specialist has found that the slow implementation of new communications technologies by financial services providers is impeding staff performance and damaging employee attraction and retention, particularly for tech-savvy ...

Future Fund chair talks about T3 and politics

Speaking at the IFSA/Deloitte Future Leaders Awards yesterday, Future Fund chairman, David Murray, shared his views on Telstra and why his fund will not get tangled up in government politicking. With a huge chunk of Telstra (T3) shares going into the ...

Exotic and unequitable fees on the rise

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2006
The increase of exotic long-short and absolute return funds has triggered a rise in steep and unequitable fee structures, a cause for concern for some research and ratings houses. Zenith director, David Wright, said unattractive structures that reward ...

Sunsuper takes message to the country

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2006
Sunsuper is focusing a re-marketing campaign on regional areas, providing retirement planning seminars throughout country Queensland and New South Wales in October. Sunsuper's chief executive officer, Don Luke, said it is important to provide information ...

Dexion raises $586m and launches AUD share class

UK listed fund of hedge funds (FOHF) Dexion Absolute has completed a record $586 million share issue raising on the London Stock Exchange and has launched a new Australian dollar denominated share class for local investors. "It's now denominated in ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2006
In the latest Global Competitiveness Rankings by the Geneva based World Economic Forum Australia has slipped from its previous position of 10th to 19th. The rankings are a result of a global Executive Opinion Survey of 11,000 business leaders in 125 ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open higher after a strong lead from Wall Street and mostly firmer commodities prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0733 AEST, the December share price index contract was up 51 points at 5,047. Today ...