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UK bid to attract Aussie investors

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
... investors." According to UKTI, there are all sorts of investment opportunities presenting themselves in the UK with life sciences, energy, environment and media sectors attracting investor interest. While the established ties between Australia and Britain ...

Local jobseekers enjoy strong executive search market

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
... financial services had the highest growth rate, with a 39 per cent increase compared with technology (37 per cent), life sciences/healthcare (26 per cent) and consumer (25 per cent). Jason Johnson, managing partner of Johnson Executive Search and director ...

Impaired life annuities post record sales

TOWERS WATSON RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
... no economic data scheduled for release on Friday. In equities news, MaxiTRANS Industries Ltd, Korvest Ltd, Narhex Life Sciences Ltd, Buru Energy Ltd, Biotron Ltd and Datadot Technology Ltd hold annual general meetings. News Corporation Ltd holds its ...

Super funds back biotech fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2008
... together for nearly a decade and members possess complementary skills as well as a deep knowledge and experience in life sciences, clinical development, medical device development and realising effective exits." The fund invests in companies that will ...

Trader caught shorting despite ban

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2008
... rules imposed following the ban. It alleged that he tried to short Rimfire Pacific Mining NL, Harrington Group Ltd, QR Sciences Holdings Ltd and Mindax Ltd. The regulator was alerted to the transactions by the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). Spagnolo ...

Super funds pay little attention to biotech

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2008
... shying away from the industry. Speaking at the Excellence in Biotechnology Investment conference yesterday, Strategic Life Sciences chief investment officer Graeme Kaufman said the local biotechnology industry presents vast investment opportunities for ...

New CFO for Superpartners team

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2008
... appointed Perry Abbott as chief financial officer. Previously the director, global commercial and operations of Computer Sciences Corporation, Abbott will be spearheading financial and commercial leadership at Superpartners. Abbott played a key role ...

SAP and CSC join forces on pricing

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2007
Business software provider SAP has announced a joint venture with Computer Sciences Corporation to create a new pricing scenario program for CSC's bank clients. The new joint venture will combine SAP's Price Optimization software with CSC's Hogan Core ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2007
... International Geophysical Conference and Exhibition will enter day 2 of five days, and the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering opens a two-day symposium, "Resources Boom: Opportunities and Consequences", featuring talks by representatives ...