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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2007
... 13.33 percent over the September quarter for which the latest data is available. In Australia Moody's Investor Service now places the local data at 1.26 per cent of outstanding loans as at December 2006.

Fund of LaSalle funds will cut fees

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2007
... and move into the more attractive environments. "We're moving towards focusing on active management plays in less risky places. So if you want to take opportunity risk, for instance, why not do it in Western Europe rather than in Eastern Europe," Richards ...

Australia to become an investment exporter: Perpetual

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2007
The biggest challenge facing funds managers is finding places to invest the wall of money that is flowing into Australia's already $1 trillion funds management market, said Emilio Gonzales, chief investment officer for Perpetual Investments. Illustrating ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2007
... monthly slump since August 1997 after a 14 per cent fall in January to now make them 38 per cent lower than a year ago. This places them at the level of 1990-91. The University of Michigan consumer Confidence Index fell from 96.9 to 93.3 during January ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2007
... has been a loss of in excess of 16,000 manufacturing jobs, 12,600 finance and insurance positions and 7000 hospitality places. The report notes that when the official cash rate last hit 5.75 per cent in February 2001 household debt had reached $409 billion ...

Suncorp-Promina integration costs lower than expected

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2006
... companies mean cost savings rather a mix of some cost savings and also revenue gains. The menu of cost savings are in obvious places, such as reduced head office costs and, eventually, reduced information technology costs. The scheme booklet also shows ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2006
... apprenticeship training and those over 25 would be able to access $3,000 per year. In addition to the 500 plus new engineering places at universities announced in July, an extra 500 have just been added. China has just recorded its second biggest trade ...

Chinese businesses upbeat but worried about compliance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2006
... a major research survey of the Chinese business market. The findings also highlight the importance Australian business places on China, however GTI warns Australian business owners not to take the Chinese economic boom for granted. This is because Australia ...

ASIC shadow shopping: the good, the bad and the ugly

... advice short-changed the client or were wrong for them. "The average consumer is not an expert in financial matters, this places a very clear onus on licensed advisers to give advice that reflects the client's circumstances, meets their needs and discloses ...

Real estate risk: alert, not alarmed

... do not see that element at work anywhere in the private direct markets today. In fact, we see a lot of very interesting places to invest next year, although our viewpoint is that most investors will have to take on more risk to secure a given unit of ...