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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2006
The number of jobs created last month rose by 23,400 in seasonally adjusted terms to take the national number of people employed to 10.2655 million. Better news was that most of the employment gain was in full-time jobs which increased by 22,600 to ...

B&B makes power play for utilities assets

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2006
Babcock & Brown (B&B) has continued on the power utilities acquisition trail and completed the buy out of NRG Energy's South Australian based power assets, NRG Flinders. B&B paid $317 million for all of the group's issued share capital and shareholder ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2006
... YORK - US stocks closed slightly higher in a whipsaw session on Monday as a drop in crude oil prices and a UN-brokered cease-fire in the Middle East eased investors' concerns about riskier assets Technology stocks, which suffered sharp declines in the ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2006
The stock market is expected to open lower, following sharp falls on offshore markets overnight amid worries over North Korea's test-firing of missiles. On the Sydney Futures Exchange, the September share price index contract was down 41 points to 5051 ...

Bravura set to fire with ASX listing

KATE HAGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2006
Superannuation software solutions and consulting group Bravura Solutions is seeking to raise around $40 million through an Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) listing and has just lodged a prospectus with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission ...

Mezzanine finance under fire: ASIC

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 29 MAY 2006
Two directors of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) will face Adelaide District Court over alleged illegal activities concerning a mezzanine financing scheme. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) alleges that Robin Poumako ...

Private equity real estate on FIRE for Franklin Templeton

Franklin Templeton Investments has launched its third Fiduciary International Real Estate (FIRE) Fund designed to invest in unlisted real estate funds around the world. Riding on the back of the growing demand for international property, Franklin Templeton ...

Daily Economic Update

... added tax (VAT) contributed to the drop in confidence. After successfully had the young labour law -- making it easier to fire young workers - repealed, French students and labour unions now plan to work for the repeal of the law making it easier for ...

Fee for service not the finance cure-all: AFA

... Klipin said that the industry should look at the experience of lawyers whose fixed 'time billing' practice has come under fire recently as it made legal advice too expensive for most people to afford. And contrary to expectations, he noted, "What people ...

Future Fund open to alternatives

... how managers can use derivative instruments in their portfolios." Hedge funds and alternative investments have come under fire due to conflicting views about the risk, return and transparency characteristics of the industry. Ivey said AIMA will hold ...