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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2007
The latest monthly Business Expectations Survey undertaken by Dun & Bradstreet shows that for the first time in about a year businesses expect a growth in sales and 62 per cent of business executives anticipate higher selling prices in the coming June ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2007
The ANZ job series has fallen this month by 0.1 per cent after a large rise of 11.8 per cent last month, with the total number of advertisements in January 2007 21.8 per cent higher than a year ago. Newspaper advertisements which have been on the slide ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2006
The continuing importance of the resource sector can be judged by ABS data released on mineral exploration which shows that expenditure increased by 17.2 per cent or $56.4 million over the last quarter to now be worth $384 million for the quarter. The ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2006
The momentum in the economy continues to supply jobs with an extra 36,200 being added to the national total of employed persons which is now 10,288,700. Importantly, 57,400 full-time jobs were added continuing the trend of the last year though the number ...

GDI Property aiming for big returns from small portfolio

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2006
Direct property specialist manager GDI Property Group has acquired two new properties for its new GDI Total Return Fund while at the same time highlighting an increase in investor appetite for small value-add direct property portfolios. Tony Veale ...

A new head for Hillross

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2006
... Hillross Financial Services will have a new managing director from February next year with the current head moving across the Tasman to assume the role of deputy managing director of AMP Financial Services New Zealand. Jack Regan will leave Hillross ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2006
Australian retails sales data just released by the ABS shows that over the last month there was a 0.8 per cent increase on a seasonally adjusted basis following the revised increase of 0.3 per cent in September and a 0.2 increase in August. Western ...

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 ...