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NZ bourse doubles earnings ahead of KiwiSaver

The New Zealand Exchange has posted a 102 per cent increase in earnings in the first half of 2007 and expects a stronger boost later in the year once the KiwiSaver and other related tax changes kick in. The group has announced that half-year EBITDA ...

Not drowning just waving

It is confession season for corporates and while the Institutional Broker's Estimate System shows a majority of analysts downgrading profits, the domestic market seems to be waving rather than drowning. A month or so out from the official company results ...

Economic round-up: Cheeseburger bill meets fat tax

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2007
Where legislation fails taxation often takes over and, following on from the cheeseburger bill, UK doctors and the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit are now debating a fat tax. And what in the name of Ronald Macdonald is a 'Cheeseburger Bill'? When it's ...

Credit Suisse puts twist on hedge indexing

Credit Suisse has launched a new indexed leveraged hedge fund, with a unique daily liquidity feature and exposure to multiple hedge fund strategies and managers. The Credit Suisse/Tremont Index Strategies Fund, which opened two weeks ago, provides retail ...

Sunsuper seals admin deal with a twist

While many financial planners are moving towards the fixed fee model, fund administration services providers are running in the opposite direction, as evident from the recent Sunsuper and Citistreet deal. Sunsuper has continued its contract with fund ...

Economic round-up: Going broke going for broke

SUZY MAC  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2007
Contrary to the popular belief that working families have never been better off, the latest bankruptcy and first homebuyer affordability figures tell us there is growing pressure on both families and the economy. First time buyers trying to escape escalating ...

Beware the private equity trap

The gloves are off between private equity investors and turnaround experts after an insolvency expert warned that small to medium enterprises (SMEs) should think twice before tying up with a private equity fund. While high profile private equity bids ...

New boutiques turning to better processes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2007
Responding to consultant demands for more robust business models among boutique money managers, Indian Ocean Rim Asset Management (IOR) is harnessing technology and a globalised workforce to design investment processes normally associated with large ...

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 ...

China's growth unsustainable: Australian Economic Review

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2007
China's joint current account and capital account surpluses mean the current pace of economic growth is unsustainable in the long run, according to a study published in the Australian Economic Review. The report's author, Professor Yu Yongding, director-general ...