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Australia IT needs more R&D

Australia has ranked fifth in terms of global competitiveness but has lagged behind other OECD countries on investment in research and development (R&D), according to a new study by the Economist Intelligence Unit. Sponsored by the Business Software ...

Treasury group seeds another boutique

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2007
The Treasury Group (TTG), the funds management incubation and development group, has entered into an agreement to establish a new boutique asset manager to be known as Cannae Capital Partners that will target Australian and New Zealand equities. The ...

Franklin Templeton launches diversified real estate fund

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2007
Franklin Templeton Real Estate Advisors has launched the Franklin International Real Estate Fund 3 (FIRE Fund 3), a global diversified fund investing in international private real estate funds. The launch of FIRE Fund 3 in Australia comes on the back ...

Become fin services hub or miss the boat: IFSA

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2007
Australia's funds management industry needs to establish itself as a global financial services hub or risk missing out on large future economic gains, according to a reporty by the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA). According to the ...

Economic round-up: A greener shade of dirty

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2007
China may be turning green after all as it finds the business of cleaning-up to be a financially lucrative one. Power generation is the biggest source of CO2 in America and until recently America was the biggest producer of CO2 in the world. But China's ...

Economic round-up: Chinese whispers and inflation rumbles

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2007
Comments by former US Federal Reserve Chairman, Alan Greenspan, over China's "unsustainable" market weighed heavily on the Australian dollar yesterday, while the OECD flagged a threat to our inflation. On Wednesday Dr Greenspan, speaking by satellite ...

Nominations open for AFA Adviser of the Year

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2007
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has opened nominations for the 2007 Adviser of the Year Award. "Advisers, who must be members of the AFA, are judged on criteria such as their experience, contribution to the industry and the quality of their ...

Superwoman under administration

Superwoman Financial Solutions Group, a financial planning firm part-owned by ING's Millenium3 dealer group, went into voluntary administration this month. Millennium3 has appointed an external administrator to Superwoman less than a month after the ...

Market wrap - midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2007
The Australian stock market was virtually flat at midday, giving back most of gains made earlier in the morning, with brewer Foster's providing downside after weaker-than-expected results. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was just 0.2 points ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2007
The Australian share market is expected to retreat from intraday highs yesterday, with no lead from Wall Street and mostly lower commodity prices. On the Sydney Futures Exchange at 0646 AEDT, the March share price index contract was down four points ...