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Private equity shakes up public markets

... public float, then again as a member of a super fund, then again when the same investment is re-listed, is it a case of third time lucky?" Nicholls concluded that private equity will not overtake listed companies but will continue to be the "little shark" ...

UBS welcomes new Aust and NZ head

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2006
... Bolinowsky joins UBS as Australian and New Zealand head while Colin Woods will move from that position to head up wholesale third part distribution, Asia (ex Japan and China). Bolinowsky leaves Alliance Bernstein after four and a half years as head of ...

Planning starts at 30: MLC

Gen-Xers or thirty-somethings can save as much as $10,000 per year by getting financial advice much earlier rather than later in life, according to new research from MLC. MLC technical manager, Andrew Lawless, said that tapping into the overlooked segment ...

First State Super launches retirement products

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2006
First State Super has launched two retirement products, one for members transitioning to retirement and one for members who have fully retired. Michael Dwyer, First State Super chief executive, said, "An enormous number of people are saying at retirement ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2006
In a bid to ensure the supply of farm labour, the National Farmers Federation (NFF) has asked the Federal Government to reduce the withholding tax on foreign workers from 29 to 13 per cent saying that the $7 billion horticulture industry could lose ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2006
... earnings results. The Nikkei fell 72.14 points to 16,091.73. On the week the Nikkei ended down 20.7 points, booking its third straight weekly loss. HONG KONG - The benchmark Hang Seng index added 28.64 points to end at 19,182.71, a gain of 291.57 points ...

Daily Economic Round Up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2006
A buoyant economy has created strong demand for professionals particularly in the engineering field where new graduates are commanding starting salaries of $50-60,000. The median for Investment banking graduates according to the Australian Association ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2006
Just released data on housing finance for owner occupation shows that in seasonally adjusted terms there was a 2.3 per cent decrease in the total value of housing commitments excluding alterations and additions but a significant increase of commercial ...

Broker gets jail term for forgery

... to do their own options trading. But worse, it was alleged that rather than confess to his clients, Kakoschke forged the third party collateral forms and used this collateral to continue trading on these accounts. ASIC alleged that the dealings happened ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2006
... that in itself is healthy." The RBA lifted official rates by a quarter of a percentage point to 6.25 per cent today, its third increase this year. The major banks were mostly firmer with National Australia Bank gaining 25 cents to $40.46, ANZ up 16 cents ...