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Signs of a residential property recovery

JOHN KAVANAGH  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
Several indicators published over the past few weeks point to a strong upward trend in residential property prices and a revival of investor interest in the sector. The RP Data-Rismark index shows that for the year to May, the average value of a house ...

African women suffer most: World Bank

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2009
The global economic crisis has a serious impact not just on the finances of African women but on their mortality rates too, said Obiageli Ezekwesili, World Bank vice president for the Africa Region. The global economic crisis will drastically reduce ...

Australian Ethical closes World Trust

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2009
Australian Ethical Investment has closed the firm's World Trust, redirecting investors to a similar trust that offers lower fees and requires a lower minimum investment amount. The firm said no further investments into the World Trust would be accepted ...

IT dept holds key to cost cutting

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2009
Super funds and fund managers could reduce their cost base through technology after research found cloud computing can save more than $12,000 a year in electricity bills. A NetSuite sustainability impact survey and using information from a study by ...

Microsoft battles Google Docs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
Financial services data in the clouds? You betcha. At least that's what Microsoft is going to do from early next year when it launches a free web-based version of its boxed software, the ubiquitous Microsoft Office. Asian, Indian and African financial ...

The market's next 800-pound gorilla

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey said the Government is creating an "800-pound gorilla" in the market that could drive up the cost of financing for the private sector over the next few years - particularly if more government bonds are issued to fund its ...

Jumping at shadows no more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
"War is over, if you want it, want is over now" (John Lennon) Wall Street have resumed its upward trek after tripping some weeks back as number crunchers lowered company profit expectations and the dumping of warm bodies on the unemployment heap continued ...

GFC spurs DB plans commitment

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2009
If you think the GFC had pushed pension funds away from defined benefit plans, think again - more than 70 per cent of fund executives have no intention of changing their DB plan structures. A new survey by Towers Perrin and SCO noted that while the ...

Agribusiness MIS suffer 77pc drop

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2009
First Timbercorp fell, then Great Southern plummeted - fuelling Australia's agribusiness managed investment schemes sector to suffer a 77 per cent decline in invested funds for the last financial year. New figures from the Australian Agribusiness Group ...

MMC Contrarian sells asset management arm

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2009
MMC Contrarian has sold its asset management division to Valuestream Investment Management. The firm announced into a share sale and purchase agreement in MMC Asset Management shares. MMC Asset Management is the fund manager and responsible entity for ...