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Market retreats ahead of rates reprieve

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2007
... bumper earnings growth, and a positive reaction from Santos shares, which shot up 36c following the South Australian Government's announcement that it intends reviewing the 15 per cent shareholder cap. Despite US manufacturers' renaissance, there seems ...

Govt leads VC investment

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2007
... shortlisted VC fund managers who are being assessed for $20 million grants under the third round of the Australian Government's Innovation Investment Fund (IIF3). The shortlisted mangers are Accede Capital IIF, Brandon Biosciences Fund No 1, Jagen's ...

Compliance maze killing product innovation

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2007
The Australian Government must appoint an over-arching body to guide innovators through the regulatory maze or risk missing out on genuine product development in financial services, one of the entrepreneurs behind the new shared equity market contends. ...

Houses at half price

... products designed to address the lack of housing affordability in the country. In February, the Western Australian Government announced a $300 million scheme whereby the State government would take a 30 to 40 per cent share in home ownership with 3,000 ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2007
Following the lead of the Western Australian Government, which announced a $300 million scheme whereby the State government would take a 30-40 per cent share in home ownership with 3,000 low to middle income earners, the national Labor spokeswoman for ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2007
Average weekly earnings data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics released yesterday showed that in seasonally adjusted terms full-time adult ordinary time earnings rose by 0.7 per cent during the period from August to November last year. This meant ...

Energy field nationalism to impact investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2006
... economies are staking their own ownership claims by nationalising parts of their resources industries. The Australian Government Export Finance Investment Corporation (EFIC), effectively the Australian Government's export credit agency, reports that ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2006
While the Western Australian Government is expected to announce a revised estimate of the State budget above the $1.27 billion already forecast from the May budget, a survey by BankWest and the WA Chamber of Commerce and Industry found that in all 16 ...

MTAA Super appoints new chairman

... held a wide range of senior roles in public administration and was appointed a foundation member of the Australian Government's Management Improvement Advisory Committee of which he became Chairman in 1993. He has also worked at the Department of Community ...

Super fund ARIA buys Chifley Square

Australian Reward Investment Alliance (ARIA), the super fund for Australian government employees, showed it is serious about direct property after shelling out $84.5 million for a 92 per cent stake in 1 Chifley Square, an iconic building at the heart ...