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Aussies in ever greater debt: MLC

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2007
... corresponding liquidity and a "voracious appetite for risk" have driven Australians to record debt levels, beating the US, France, the UK and Italy over the last five years, according to MLC. MLC investment strategist, Brian Parker, said Australia showed ...

European property the next big game: Perennial

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2007
... there. Problems still to be overcome were the lack of transparency in the market and weak analyst coverage. Hayes cited France as one particular example, saying that while the market is steadily improving, the bad old days saw a time period of 15-20 ...

Economic round up: GDP vs. gross domestic happiness

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2007
... worker complaint about both pay and hours. However, neither of these factors are actually harsh in global terms, in fact France and Australia in particular have the shortest average working hours globally. FDS chief Charlotte Cornish said, "It is interesting ...

Consulting the cows

SUZY MAC  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2007
... of Nicolas Sarkozy, the former interior minister who set Paris on fire with comments about hosing scum from the streets. France's economy has grown more slowly than any other developed country and its unemployment rate is the highest in Europe at 9.8 ...

A fund that holds water

... structured product will give investors access to 15 of the world's listed water companies including Severn Trent (UK), Suez (France), Veolia Environment (France),Toray Industries Inc (Japan), and Ashland Inc (USA). There are no Australian companies included ...

Statewide launches target return investment option

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAR 2007
Top rating public offer super fund Statewide has stepped up its move into long-term strategic investments by launching a target return investment choice. The Statewide Target Return Option invests entirely in infrastructure, property, private equity ...

Overseas direct property grows four-fold

... "Investments were also made in Belgium (6 per cent), the UK (3 per cent), Poland (2 per cent), the Netherlands (2 per cent) and France (1 per cent) over this time." In Asia, Hong Kong was the most popular choice accounting for 12 per cent of investor ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2007
... has increased by a quarter in real terms over the last decade as a proportion of GDP and is now at levels comparable with France and Britain. The Labour party has noted that Australia is ranked 18th in an OECD list of spending on education and that spending ...

FEAL appoints three new directors

The Fund Executives Association Ltd (FEAL) has appointed three new directors to the board following its Annual General Meeting (AGM) last week. The new directors are Damian Hill, chief executive of REST Super, Colin McGuinness, chief executive of NGS ...

The manager matters in private equity: Unigestion

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2006
With all the noise around private equity, many institutional investors are all ears for how they can jump aboard the PE freight train. European buyout specialist Unigestion has highlighted some of the distinct opportunity sets for Australian investors ...