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Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL | THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2006

... 149 per cent as a result of soaring copper prices, petroleum and aluminium were up about 24 per cent and carbon steel materials were up about 60 per cent. The strategy of James Packer to direct PBL into gambling and the new media sectors such as the ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL | MONDAY, 21 AUG 2006

... up to four years. The Labor opposition said that in 2004-05 only 141 of the 49,000 457 visa holders were mining and materials engineers, 22 were toolmakers, 212 were welders, 17 refrigeration mechanics, 29 tilers, 31 bricklayers and plasterers. Labor ...

Big tax hits drive after-tax reporting

KATE HAGE | FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2006

... redemption. Some funds are also required to include standardised after-tax returns in advertisements and other sales materials.

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL | FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2006

... year. The better earnings expectation come from the IT (46.2 per cent growth), energy (37.8), healthcare (30.3) and materials (36.2) sectors, whereas next year the best sectors are expected to be IT (20.6), energy (16.9), healthcare (16.1) and consumer ...

Past performance is misleading advertising: ASIC

HAMISH MADDEN | WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2006

... 2003 ASIC issued its Guide on the Use of Past Performance in Promotional Material. It gave guidance that advertising materials using past performance should include five year returns or the longest reasonable period available if less than that, they ...

Cash becomes king with inflation on the up

KATE HAGE | TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2006

... and is now running at its highest level in six years, reflecting high production prices due to the rising cost of raw materials and petrol," said Oliver. "The fear is that it will flow downstream to consumers and we are predicting a CPI rise of 1 per ...

Market wrap

AAP | WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2006

... executive David Morgan speaks in Sydney, while Bravura Solutions lists on the ASX and BHP Billiton hosts a carbon steel materials briefing. NEW YORK - US stocks fell more than one per cent amid of uncertainty about further interest rate hikes. The Fed ...

Back to bonds: EPFR

... sub-groups that have bucked the trend including US small cap funds and the three global sector fund groups: commodities/materials, real estate and utilities. The Massachusetts-based company tracks equity and bond fund flows, cross border capital flows ...

Tyndall appoints senior analyst from Credit Suisse

KATE HAGE | THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2006

... research team, which is headed up by Warwick Cumming. Collison worked with Credit Suisse ad head of global building materials research and from 2003 to 2006 was ranked first or second in the Institutional Investor and Extel surveys of analysts. He was ...

Weekly economic round-up

... Higher energy prices represent a tax on both businesses and consumers alike. Companies suffer as the price of their raw materials and cost of production increase. To maintain profit margins, they react by cutting costs elsewhere -- most probably by freezing ...

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Global X awards mandate for ETF business

ELIZA BAVIN | 12:33PM

Global X has awarded a new custody and administration mandate for its Australian ETF business.

Bell Asset Management launches small-caps fund

KARREN VERGARA | 11:56AM

Bell Asset Management has formally launched its Australian Small Companies Fund, which is run by former Tyndall Asset Management portfolio managers.

Former Australian Ethical finance chief lands new gig

MATTHEW WAI | 11:09AM

The former chief financial officer of the ethical investment manager has joined a local finance company after wrapping up his tenure at AUB Group.

MySuper assets pursue $1.5tn Choice sector

KARREN VERGARA | 12:20PM

MySuper assets are fast catching up to the $1.5 trillion Choice sector, hitting nearly $1.2 trillion in the March quarter.

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