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Chinese businesses upbeat but worried about compliance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2006
Medium-sized businesses in mainland China are optimistic about their immediate future but, like their Australian counterparts, they have majors worries about being held back by red tape and the availability of capital. The findings were revealed in ...

Fin literacy won't happen overnight, but it will happen: Clitheroe

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2006
Paul Clitheroe, chair of the Financial Literacy Task Force, believes improving financial literacy is a 20 year project. Being a long term project, he said, it starts in the home, should be taught in schools and, above all, needs to be demonstrated through ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2006
The Australian share market is expected to open firmer and recover some of yesterday's losses as the factors that weighed on the local bourse on Monday have dissipated. A sharp rally in base and precious metal prices, as well as a firmer close on the ...

Future Fund appointee's business cops downgrades from Fitch

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2006
Fitch Ratings has downgraded all funds formerly under the watch of Future Fund board appointee Trevor Rowe's company N M Rothschild and Sons (Australia) (NMRA) following last week's announcement NMRA had offloaded that part of the business to Invesco ...

Investec Australia buys NM Rothschild

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2006
Specialist investment bank Investec Bank Australia yesterday said it signed a heads of agreement to acquire NM Rothschild & Sons (Australia). A statement issued by Investec group head office in South Africa said the transaction represents a value of ...

Westpac flags billion dollar play in residential REIT

Westpac is planning a billion dollar plus shopping spree in domestic residential property and has launched the first residential real estate investment trust (REIT) in Australia. The country's fourth largest bank has beaten St George and Macquarie Bank ...

Weekly economic round-up

The monetary policy outlook dominates this week's financial market activity with Reserve Bank of Australia, Bank of England and the European Central Bank meetings to deliberate on their respective interest rate settings. The end of last week's financial ...

Perennial wins AUSfund mandate

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2006
Perennial Growth Management has been awarded an Australian equities mandate by AUSfund. David Hayne, chief executive of AUSfund, the eligible roll-over fund for industry super plans, said the appointment of Perennial Growth Management was an attempt ...

Qld to dominate Future Fund board of guardians

Queenslanders may only account for only 8 per cent of funds management in Australia, but they control half the seats on the Future Fund board of guardians. The Government has just announced the appointment of six members of the Future Fund board of ...

DSTi wins tech mandate from Tassie's RBF

Tasmania's Retirement Benefits Fund (RBF) has launched the first stage of its new automated workflow solution, courtesy of DSTi. The workflow solution, called AWD, is designed to increase automation, improve compliance and reduce the costs associated ...