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Daily Economic Round Up

PETER BELL  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2006
... The Monash University Centre for Economics of Education and Training has produces a report funded by the Dusseldorp Skills Forum that has found that there are about 540,000 young Australians not in full-time work or learning. Of this number 330,000 were ...

Thomson Financial launches peHub private equity blogsite

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2006
... Financial, responding to the surge in private equity investment activity, has launched Private Equity Hub, an interactive forum for the private equity venture capitalists, buy-outs professionals and service providers. Thomson Financial said www.peHub.com ...

Reverse mortgage regulation lacks cohesion

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2006
... week heard that no one body yet has the jurisdiction to regulate the sector as a whole. Speaking to attendees at the SEQUAL forum last week, Greg Tanzer, executive director, consumer protection directorate, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2006
... the competition watchdog, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Graeme Samuel will also address a business forum on changes in the media and communications landscape. The Australian stock market closed narrowly weaker yesterday following ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2006
In the latest Global Competitiveness Rankings by the Geneva based World Economic Forum Australia has slipped from its previous position of 10th to 19th. The rankings are a result of a global Executive Opinion Survey of 11,000 business leaders in 125 ...

HSBC alternatives eyes off Australian entry

KATE HAGE  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2006
... international hedge fund managers lining up to enter the Australian market. Speaking at last month's Portfolio Construction Forum conference, senior director and Asia head of HSBC Bank's alternatives group, Patrick Tuohy, flagged HSBC's intentions to ...

IMAP ready for take-off

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2006
... accounts. As the looming growth sector in financial services, Byrne said it is important managed accounts providers have a forum for sharing ideas and opinions as well as a body to represent their interests. "The managed account space tends to be dominated ...

ASIC chairman to head international auditors forum

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2006
... and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman, Jeffrey Lucy, has been appointed as inaugural chairman of the International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators (IFIAR). Lucy said that Australia's financial services environment put it in a position to lead ...

AVCAL calling for council members

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2006
... Annual General Meeting in Sydney a month after the annual AVCAL conference in Cairns. AVCAL was established in 1992 as a forum for venture capital and private equity participants to meet, pursue issues of common interest, promote the local industry and ...

Forget industry funds, focus on advice: AFA

KATE HAGE  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2006
... on the things that are about delivering advice well," said Klipin. Klipin said coming off the back of the AFA's national forum and through regular contact with advisers, concern over competition with industry funds continues to be prevalent. "Our message ...