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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2006
... of 2 per cent compared to the national total of 1.3 per cent and the scores of 0.9 per cent in NSW and 0.7 per cent in Tasmania according to just released ABS data. The strength of the job market has fuelled household consumption which is 2.8 per cent ...

GDI Property aiming for big returns from small portfolio

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2006
... has been kicked off with the purchase of an $11 million office space in Canberra and a $5.3 million office property in Tasmania. The minimum investment is $50,000. Veale said the GDI Total Return Fund had been launched after an upswing in investor appetites ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2006
... 0.3 per cent in September and a 0.2 increase in August. Western Australia had the largest increase of 1.5 per cent and Tasmania was the only one to fall with a 0.4 per cent decrease. Other ABS data just released shows that business investment fell by ...

Super funds need to educate members: Quadrant

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2006
Tasmanian super fund Quadrant said super funds need to start putting "something back into the community" by taking responsibility for the financial education of their members. Quadrant chief executive officer, Wayne Davy, said super funds should assume ...

Opes Prime appoints new chairman

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2006
Specialist securities lending and equity financing solutions provider Opes Prime Group has announced the appointment of a new non-executive chairman to help drive growth into 2007. Peter Gillooly, former head of Tattersalls, will join Opes Prime as ...

AFA unveils new board

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2006
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has unveiled its new board and the recent elections have resulted in a dramatic revamp. Paul Riegelhuth, national vice president, Gerry Porter, Queensland director, and Craig Yates, Tasmanian director, remain ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2006
... highest since 1995 with 1.18 babies being born per woman in 2005. There were fertility rate increases in all states with Tasmania reaching the replacement level of 2.1 babies per woman. In 2005 there were about 5,500 more children born than in 2004 to ...

Tassie investment schemes wound up

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2006
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has succeeded in its bid to have two Tasmanian unregistered managed funds wound up. ASIC obtained orders in the Tasmanian District Registry of the Federal Court of Australia to wind up the ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2006
... and WA about 6,000 additional vacancies. South Australia had 16,000 job vacancies less than it did a quarter ago and Tasmania about 7,000 less. The other remained marginally unchanged. In other good news data released on the Australian economy by the ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2006
... by 1.1 per cent, other vehicles by 1.8 per cent and sports vehicles by 7.2 per cent. Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania recorded the largest falls. The seasonally adjusted figures have been soft for most of this year, partly as a function of the ...