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East beats west in optimism survey: Grant Thornton

According to a global business owners survey, Australians are ranked seventh 'most optimistic' about the 2006 economy, with India and China topping the league tables while the US and the UK sit further down the ranks. The 2006 Grant Thornton International ...

Door opens on IFRS - or is it the floodgates?

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2006
The International Accounting Standards Board has bowed to criticism of the new International Financial Reporting Standards and agreed to re-open a debate on some of the basics of financial reporting, according to the UK Financial Times. Tom Jones, vice-chairman ...

Pre-Christmas sale earns Absolute Capital NZ$30m

Absolute Capital Group Limited (Absolute Capital) celebrated Christmas early in 2005, raising NZ$30 million through the release of Packaged Income Notes (PINs), paving the way for an Australian launch. Absolute Capital's group managing directior and ...

Apples are not apples with new accounting standards

The recent adoption of international accounting standards will make it harder for investors to make "like for like" comparisons of investment data, according to the latest report from Tyndall. Tyndall's research, aptly titled "Apples and Oranges - investors ...

NAB removes commission bias in the UK

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2006
National Australia Bank owned UK banks Clydesdale and Yorkshire have revamped their financial advisers' commission structures in response to a survey that found three out of four consumers believe advisers push products that earn them the most sales ...

FSR changes usher era of less but better compliance

It took a long time but the proposed changes to the Financial Services Regulation (FSR), which promised to reduce the compliance burden on the industry while also being more consumer-friendly, were finally passed on as law this week. In a 10-page statement ...

Daily Economic Update

Germany's Ifo business confidence index rose to 99.6 in December from 97.8 in the previous month. This is the highest level since August 2000, with both the current situation and expectation components both rising. Increased exports (due to the 12 per ...

Managers chase offshore bonds

Diversified income funds, which allows the fund manager to buy into overseas bonds, will become increasingly popular according to the latest research from van Eyk. Suzanne Tavill, van Eyk's head of research and ratings, said the high quality nature ...

Sunsuper bankroll Carnegie Wylie's alternative assets

Sunsuper has pledged $200 million in a joint venture with financial services firm, Carnegie, Wylie & Company to invest in local and international alternative assets. Sunsuper Chief Executive Officer, Don Luke, said the partnership will allow investors ...

PSS and CSS drink up their Brandywine

The Public Sector and Commonwealth Super (PSS and CSS) funds have awarded a near half a billion dollar mandate to Brandywine Asset Management for their fixed income allocation. Brandywine will be the PSS/CSS funds' fourth fixed interest manager alongside ...