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BT backs new hedge fund

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2006
BT Financial Group has partnered with new hedge fund manager Voyager Funds Management in a distribution deal for the group's flagship Voyager Pan Asia Fund. The long-short equities fund, run by Voyager's seven person investment team, is market neutral ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2006
Further analysis of the national accounts data released late last week shows that the textile, clothing and footwear industry expanded by 10 per cent year on year, growing 9.2 per cent during the June quarter compared to an overall seasonally adjusted ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open higher on a positive US lead. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was up 11 points to 5,107 at 0737 AEST. Today, Mayne Pharma will release its annual results while ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open lower on a negative US lead. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contact was down 22 points at 5,078. Today, Southern Cross Broadcasting and The Warehouse Group release their ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2006
Figures released yesterday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed that the number of dwellings approved during July increased by 8.3 per cent to reach the highest level since May 2005. The result was largely a consequence of a 13.6 per cent increase ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2006
Recent commitments by the state governments of NSW and Victoria to increase spending on infrastructure have been added to by cash rich Western Australia which has announced that as a result of a record 22 per cent increase in annual exports to $47 billion ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2006
Signs of a possible slowing in business investment were revealed yesterday when the ABS released data on private sector capital expenditure, which showed an increase of only 1.1 per cent over the June quarter. The annual growth in business investment ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2006
Australian Bureau of Statistics data released yesterday revealed a 0.6 per cent increase in the seasonally adjusted value of retail sales in July to $18.1 billion, largely as a result of a 7 per cent increase in department store sales which accounted ...

AMP FP patches up the cracks

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2006
AMP Financial Planning (AMP FP) has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons of late, but behind the hype they have been toiling in earnest to make their business regulator-safe while remaining adamant that the quality of AMP planner advice is ...

AXA hits $10bn on platform but continues to build

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2006
AXA's Summit platform has ridden a tide of strong sales and continued support from advisers past its milestone of $10 billion in funds under administration (FUA). June and July saw AXA record all time record sales, taking FUA past the $10 billion mark ...