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Balmain and Allco expand factoring joint venture

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2007
In buying Scottish Pacific from St George Bank, BA Venture, a joint venture between commercial loan broker Balmain Commercial and Allco Finance Group, aim to bring scale to the fragmented market for debt factoring. Michael Holme, executive chairman ...

QWL sets sights on Eastern Europe

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2007
QWL has launched a fund targeting high growth in Eastern Europe, hoping to take advantage of the region's improving integration within the European Union. The QWL Euro # III Fund is being seeded with a $10 million injection and will invest into listed ...

Australia IT needs more R&D

Australia has ranked fifth in terms of global competitiveness but has lagged behind other OECD countries on investment in research and development (R&D), according to a new study by the Economist Intelligence Unit. Sponsored by the Business Software ...

Water's potential to float

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2007
With Federal and State Governments drowning in debate over how best to manage water, Citi has published economic research on the use of market forces and price to allocate this scarce resource. Shane Lee, Citi economist, believes opportunities are being ...

Four pillars policy no longer relevant

Westpac chief executive David Morgan has lambasted the government's 'four pillars policy', suggesting it would only make the country's four largest banks, Commonwealth Bank, ANZ, NAB and Westpac more vulnerable to foreign ownership. Speaking at the ...

Gloves come off over ASX monopoly

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2007
As ASIC calls for public submissions on the ASX's local shares trading monopoly, rival AXE claims the ASX has been running a competition fear campaign. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has launched a consultation process on ...

Market gains velocity

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2007
Stock velocity has increased five fold over the past 15 years, having implications not only for liquidity, but consequentially the capacity constraints of long-only investment managers. The Asia Pacific equity research team at JPMorgan describe 'stock ...

Plan B up 40 pct on debut

Portfolio administration to funds management group Plan B Group Holdings closed its first day on the stockmarket at $1.40, a hefty 40 per cent premium over its listing price. Among those who benefited from the strong trading were the more than 50 per ...

FF enters market but quietly

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2007
The $42 billion Future Fund has entered the market to begin placing its $42 billion in investible assets, but won't be letting on how it intends doing it. "The Board of Guardians of the Future Fund confirms that it has met its previously stated objective ...

US fund fees plummet

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2007
Fees and expenses for US mutual funds plummeted to their lowest levels in more than a quarter century in 2006, according to new research just released by the Investment Company Institute in the US. "Stock fund investors on average paid 107 basis points ...