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Daily economic update

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2006
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reports that retail sales rose by a larger-than-expected 1.4 per cent in April, giving credence to the RBA's May decision to lift interest rates. The April rise in retail spending is nearly five times market ...

SA based Prescott expands into Sydney

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2006
South Australian based wealth management and stockbroking firm Prescott Securities is expanding into New South Wales with the opening of a Sydney office in July. Prescott's chief executive officer, David White, said the move will help further expand ...

MacarthurCook sets sail for Singapore

Property fund specialist MacarthurCook Fund Management is mounting an ambitious plan to gain a secondary listing of the ASX-listed MacarthurCook Property Securities Fund on the Singapore Stock Exchange by July. The group announced that subject to unitholders' ...

VFMC bears teething pains to woo top talent

The Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VMFC) chief executive Syd Bone concedes it will be a tough recruitment period ahead as the group seeks to grow and restructure its investment team, with existing staff required to re-apply for their jobs. ...

Rivals join hands for AustralianSuper

Walking down the aisle with two brides? The soon-to-merge STA/ARF mega fund AustralianSuper will retain both JANA and Frontier to provide asset consulting for the fund's combined $20 billion portfolio. Under the arrangement that will come into effect ...

Perpetual profits to jump 13 per cent

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2006
Perpetual has forecast a 13 per cent jump in its 2006 full year after tax profits on the back of strong net inflows. Perpetual Chairman, Robert Savage, said he expected the growth story to continue well through this year and into calendar year 2007. ...

Patriot makes Zenith small caps shortlist

A new Melbourne-based fund manager, Patriot Asset Management, has joined small caps stalwarts Ausbil Dexia and SmallCo in Zenith's top five recommended fund managers specialising in small companies. Zenith Investment Partners's senior investment analyst ...

CARE Super opens ASX200 trading for members

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2006
Industry super fund CARE Super has announced a new investment option which will allow members to actively invest in ASX200 stocks. Macquarie Equities Limited will provide the functionality and members with account balances of over $10,000 will be able ...

Julius Baer and Aurora offer fixed interest

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2006
Aurora Funds Management has partnered with Swiss giant Julius Baer to launch an Australian fixed interest fund as a feeder into the huge Julius Baer fixed interest pool of funds. The Aurora Absolute Return Fund is open to institutional investors in ...

Associations need to raise standards themselves: Pearce

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2006
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Chris Pearce, has played down any chance of ramping up regulation over the financial planning industry and has urged key industry associations to take raising standards into their own hands. Opening the financial ...