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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2007
The effect of higher interest rates over the last year has begun to have its impact on missed payments for lo-doc loans which are now approaching their highest level for about five years, according to Standard and Poor's research. These are now at 2.44 ...

Perth adviser faces jail over $1.5m fraud

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2007
A Perth financial adviser has had 12 new charges added to the 33 charges he was already facing over a $1.5 million fraud. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) brought the 12 new charges against Antonio Pisano in Perth Magistrates ...

Hastings MD set to retire

NICK OLIVER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2007
Hastings Funds Management has announced it is aiming to appoint a new managing director by June this year with current head, Tim Poole, set to retire. Poole has held the managing director position for the past two of his 11 years at Hastings and has ...

JUST Super and Print Super to merge

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2006
JUST Super and Print Super have announced an in principle decision to merge, forming a combined fund holding 110,000 members and controlling $2.1 billion in assets. Chairman of Print Super, Gordon Cooke, said, "The two funds believe that combining our ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2006
There has been a slight lift in the seasonally adjusted number of total dwelling units commenced by 0.3 per cent over the period from June to September following the fall of 3 per cent during the previous quarter. New private sector house commencements ...

Allco hunts niche finance acquisitions

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2006
Allco Finance Group will turn the Allco Hybrid Investment Trust into a listed company and use it as a vehicle for a move into a range of additional finance company activities covering agribusiness finance, lending for property development, mezzanine ...

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 ...

Access Economics still top consultant: Rainmaker

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2006
The latest Rainmaker super fund asset consultant performance survey confirms Access Economics has held onto top spot as Australia's best performing asset consultant. According to the report, Access Economics topped the 2005-06 performance tables, with ...

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 ...

Centro's DPFI proving popular

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2006
Centro Property Group's Direct Property Fund International (DPFI) has tipped over the $1.1 billion mark thanks to strong inflows in recent months as well as existing investors piling more money into the fund. In the last two months Centro reported $30 ...