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Korea the next big thing

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2007
... managing director Paul Hoff, saying Australia still needed a more global perspective if it wanted to become an Asian financial hub. "At the end of the day it's about the flow of capital. If all the superannuation funds are invested in Australian equity ...

Australian economy to lose shine in 2025

London-based economic futurist and author Hamish McRae predicts that the US will remain the largest economic hub in the world by 2025 with China a close second but that Australia will be overtaken by India and Mexico. Speaking at this year's Fidelity ...

Australia as Asian hub a pipe dream

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2007
Australia's hopes of becoming the primary Asian financial hub, as espoused recently by MLC chief executive Steve Tucker, are in severe need of a reality check, according to FTSE's Asia Pacific managing director Paul Hoff. Speaking during a whistlestop ...

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 ...

Asian hub Australia's next goal: MLC

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2007
... financial services industry is of global calibre and should be aiming to become the southern hemisphere's primary financial hub, according to MLC chief executive, Steve Tucker. "Financial services has the capacity to do for Australia what gold did for ...

Economic round up: offshore outsourcing outsourced

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2007
... to consultancy Deloitte who compile the Global Financial Services Offshoring Report each year, "India remains offshoring's hub but is likely to lose share in the future." In the 2007 report Deloitte estimates that while two thirds of global offshored ...

Fin services not delivering

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2007
... offering insurance and superannuation. But unless the industry shifts gear it will keep surrendering the role of Asian regional hub to Singapore. "Financial services will remain a lifestyle cottage industry." While the Government holds Wallis up as a ...

Budget reply: National clearing house, halve the OS withholding tax

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2007
... centralised national superannuation clearing house and that they would pull out all stops to make Australia a funds management hub for the Asian region Rudd also announced that Labor would introduce simplified 3-4 page disclosure statements for financial ...

For women, by women

... they have teamed up with mortgage consultant group Money Seekers. Carrington Street is to be the first of several Superwoman 'hub-and-spoke' centres, with the next site to open in Brisbane followed by another in Melbourne. Starting this month, the female-friendly ...

Vignette to merge interactive content

The local subsidiary of NASDAQ-listed web solutions provider Vignette is to launch the Vignette Digital Services Hub in Australia, allowing companies to manage all types and formats of web content under one roof. "As the demand for digital content expands ...