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Flatmates to mortgage-mates

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2006
... so that has set the scene for quite new patterns of housing, and more people are staying on with their parents," said Professor Bob Burrell, director of the Centre for Population and Urban Research at Monash University. Higher house prices and increasing ...

Rainmaker Marketing Excellence Awards 2006

... Stamford Plaza in Double Bay, Sydney. The crowd was entertained by comedian Rodney Marks posing as a Harvard academic professor on the evening. Rainmaker Information handed out 13 awards namely Marketer of the Year, Business Development Manager of the ...

Pentacle hits the market with diversified direct property

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2006
... with a focus on liquidity. Speaking at the launch, Pentacle and Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) chairman Professor Bob Officer said the catalyst for the birth of Pentacle was a distinct lack of options for many classes of investors, particularly ...

Super funds to inject $1.5bn more into Aussie hedge funds

... that the respondents considered corporate governance as a higher priority than historical returns. The UNSW's Associate Professor John Evans said, "I think when they say governance they also mean transparency because with a lot of these funds, the trustees ...

New survey debunks age-old investor behaviour views

... and - aware that women are living longer than men - that they do need to take risks. Dr Ray da Silva Rosa, associate professor from UWA, hastened to point out what is defined as 'riskier' investments. "When we're talking about riskier assets, we're not ...

Goldman Sachs choose greener pastures

... beginning of a long term transformative process, not just for Goldman Sachs but for our economy," he added. Stanford professor Dr. Walter Reid, a former director of the UN-sponsored Millenium Ecosystem Assessment, also commented that what is striking ...

Index for the smart, hedge for the stupid

... with US$79 billion of funds under management and over a billion in Australia. Fellow speaker Brad Barber, a finance professor from UCLA agreed with Sinquefield, "The best way to participate in the equity markets is to buy the market. You want to do it ...

Unit pricing the right way

... help avoid the unit pricing errors and scandals that have plagued some parts of the industry over the past few years. Professor Berna Collier, ASIC commissioner, said, "ASIC and APRA are committed to working with the industry to resolve these errors ...

iPod generation should learn how to save: ASIC

... includes tips on how to control impulse buying and managing 'must have' items like mobile phones. ASIC Commissioner Professor Berna Collier said that it's never too early for young kids to learn the value of money. "These days, children are under enormous ...

Melbourne Biotech group wins Chinese investor

... hosted a Guangzhou delegation participating in the City of Melbourne's Biotechnology business partnering exchange." Professor David Story, Professor of Therapeutic Sciences says the deal, which has taken 12 months to negotiate between the parties, will ...